Sameer Wankhede, former Zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), has reacted after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered a money laundering case against him. The ED registered the case against Wankhede for seeking a ₹ 25-crore bribe for not framing Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case.
Sameer Wankhede has reacted to ED's money laundering case against him. Speaking to ETimes, the former NCB official said that he will 'give an appropriate reply in court at the appropriate time'. He added, "ED had registered the said ECIR in 2023. It is surprising that this ECIR is based on the CBI FIR, which is already under question before the Bombay HC. Since the matter is subjudice, I don't intend to comment further. I will give the appropriate reply to the court at the appropriate time. I reiterate that I have full faith in the Indian judiciary. Satyamev Jayate."
The ED has registered a money laundering case against Sameer Wankhede. The investigating agency has booked the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Some former NCB officials have also been summoned by the ED.
Sameer, a 2008-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the Customs and Indirect Taxes cadre, has moved the Bombay High Court, seeking protection from any coercive action by the ED.
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