One more NCB witness came forward to say that his signature, too, was taken on a blank sheet of paper to frame two Nigerian nationals arrested by NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede and his team in August. The witness, Shekhar Kamble, said he has seen the anonymous letter of an NCB officer that state minister Nawab Malik shared, and it mentions case number 80/2021 (about the two Nigerians). Fearing for his life, he decided to speak up and approach the Kopar Khairane police station as well.

Kamble said, “I had information about a Nigerian selling drugs in Kharghar and I informed Wankhede about it. His team conducted a raid, but the peddler escaped from the spot. We found around 4-5 gms of drugs. After that, we went to the Nigerian Kitchen [a room where they were staying] in Kharghar Sector 12. The NCB officers broke the door and found 40-50 Nigerians, but most of them managed to flee. Only two were caught but no drugs were found from them.”