Mumbai Police to start inquiry against NCB's Wankhede on extortion allegations

Following state Cabinet Minister Nawab Malikrsquos allegations against NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede city police have received six complaints officers said on Wednesday Two of them are against Malik and the rest against Wankhede and the agency An ACPrank officer of Mumbai police will conduct the probe This signals the entry of the MVA government as Mumbai police come under the state home departmentThe NCB the central antidrug agency is probing the cruise liner drugs bust case involving Aryan Khan the son of actor Shah Rukh Khan Now Mumbai police have got involved in the matter with the filing of four complaints against Wankhede with allegations of bribery in the same caseACP Milind Khetle who will probe all the six complaintsAll the six written complaints were filed across Mumbai and have been consolidated at the MRA Marg police station The ones against Malik allege that the minister is creating enmity over caste and religionThe complaints against Wankhede and the NCB were about a bribe of R25 crore in the case involving Aryan One of the complainants is NCBrsquos panch witness Prabhakar SailAssistant Commissioner of Police Milind Khetle will conduct the investigation into these allegations Police have not registered an FIR yet ldquoWe are ensuring that every aspect of these complaints is investigatedrdquo an officer told middayA senior officer told midday ldquoThis will be a kind of preliminary inquiry in which the evidence of both the parties and the statements of the witnesses will be recorded A report on whether a case has to be registered will be submitted to the senior officer Further action will be taken in accordance with that reportrdquoMeanwhile Mumbai police on Wednesday recorded the statement of Sail who claimed to have demanded Rs 25 crore through Gosavi in the cruise liner drugs case On condition of anonymity another police officer told midday ldquoCCTV camera footage of Sailrsquos stated location and mobile location are also being extractedrdquoSailrsquos counsel Advocate Tushar Khandare told midday ldquoWe have come to know from the media that NCB has called Sail for inquiry but he has not received any summons yet I appeal to the NCB to send summons to Sail through the proper channel We will fully cooperate in the investigationrdquo2No of plaints filed against Nawab Malik4No of plaints filed against Sameer WankhedeThe six complaints BJP MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar has lodged a written complaint against Malik at Kurla police station alleging that the minister has brought caste and religion in the case Advocate Dhrutiman Joshi filed a complaint against Malik alleging that his statements against Wankhede amounted to obstruction of duty in the case Prabhakar Sail a panch witness in the cruise liner case being probed by the NCB has filed a complaint alleging that he overheard his former employer Kiran Gosavi also a witness in the drugs case talking to a person about settling the matter for Rs 18 crore and that Sameer Wankhede would have to be paid Rs 8 crore Advocate Kanishk Jayant has filed a written complaint before the Mumbai Commissioner of Police Hemant Nagrale and at Yellow Gate police station against five people for their suspicious role in the cruise liner case Jayant alleged criminal conspiracy by K P Gosavi Manish Bhanushali Amir Furniturewala Prateek Gaba and Rushab Sachdeva and requested Nagrale to file an FIR for extortion and their suspicious role in Cordelia Cruise Drug Case Advocate Sudha Dwivedirsquos complaint filed at the MRA Marg police station and also sent to offices of Joint CP Crime Milind Bharambhe and the state AntiCorruption Bureau has demanded an FIR against Wankhede and five others for extortion of Rs 25 crore Prabhakar Sail has also filed a written complaint against Wankhede at Sahar police station and recorded his statement