Amid Controversies, Sameer Wankhede’s Tenure With Anti-Medicine Company Ends
Sameer Wankhede used to be serving because the zonal director of the NCB Mumbai unit. (Record)
New Delhi:
The tenure of arguable Narcotics Regulate Bureau (NCB) Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede with the federal anti-narcotics company has ended and his services and products had been put on the disposal of his mum or dad organisation DRI, officers stated on Monday.
The price of the NCB Mumbai zonal unit will probably be treated in an extra capability through its Indore zonal director Brijendra Chowdhary.
Mr Wankhede, an Indian Income Carrier (IRS) officer of the 2008 batch, used to be despatched to the Narcotics Regulate Bureau (NCB) Mumbai zone in August, 2020 “on mortgage” from the Directorate of Income Intelligence (DRI) within the wake of the medicine probe being carried out through the company into the dying of 34-year-old actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
He were serving as the top or the zonal director of the NCB Mumbai unit since August 31, 2020 and used to be given some extensions.
Mr Wankhede’s prolonged tenure with the NCB ended on December 31, 2021 and as there was no order for his extension, he has been despatched again to his mum or dad organisation DRI, that purposes as an investigation company beneath the Central Board of Oblique Taxes and Customs (CBIC), they stated.
Mr Wankhede has been within the limelight following the high-profile October, 2021 raids through the NCB on a Mumbai cruise and then the company arrested Aryan Khan, the son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, and a number of other others and claimed to have siezed some narcotics too.
Quickly after this motion, Maharashtra minister and NCP chief levelled more than one fees of alleged misconduct and corruption towards the officer. Mr Wankhede has denied the allegations.
The NCB, beneath Mr Wankhede, had previous arrested Mr Malik’s son-in-law Sameer Khan in a narcotics case and the company has just lately moved the Bombay Prime Courtroom to cancel the bail given to the latter on this case.
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