How did CCTV footage from day of Aryan Khan’s arrest go missing?

Highly placed sources in the NCB have told midday that the DVR and CCTV footage of its Mumbai zonal office got corrupted the day a vigilance team arrived in the city These sources have confirmed that the CBI will investigate the matter to determine who tampered with the CCTV footage of the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB Mumbai zonal officeSameer Wankhede the controversial IRS officer who had arrested Aryan Khan last year was in charge of the office A clean chit was later granted to Khan by NCBrsquos SIT which found several instances of misconduct in his arrestFormer Narcotics Control Bureau NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede was questioned about the CCTV footage but claimed to have no knowledge of it as his personal assistant was responsible for it PicAshish RajeSources within the NCB have stated that the vigilance team was established on October 25 2021 and its Special Enquiry Team SET arrived in Mumbai the same day to investigate the allegations made against Wankhede and other NCB officers by former cabinet minister Nawab Malik On the day the vigilance team arrived in Mumbai they requested for CCTV footage of the NCB Mumbai office to determine what had transpired on October 2 the day Aryan Khan was arrested An officer involved in the investigation revealed ldquoWe wanted to check what was happening inside the office but the CCTV footage was not available as it had become corrupt on the day we reached the NCB Mumbai officerdquoAlso Read Mumbai Sameer Wankhede gets relief from arrest till MondaylsquoA rat chewed on the wiresrsquoOffice bearers later stated that the Digital Video Recorder DVR had been damaged by a rat chewing on the wires causing it to stop functioning The vigilance report mentions that the DVR submitted to the vigilance team was different and the original was intentionally withheld from them It reads ldquoThe SET collected the NCB offices CCTV equipment to verify the facts however it was discovered that it had become corrupted The DVR and the hard disk provided by the NCB Mumbai office were different The actions of the Zone suggest that the CCTV footage contained something important and it was intentionally not provided to the SETrdquoWankhede was questioned about the CCTV footage but he claimed to have no knowledge of it as his personal assistant was responsible for its maintenance The CBI which is currently investigating the case of corruption and extortion will look into how the CCTV footage became corrupted the day the NCB vigilance team arrived in MumbailsquoPanch missing during panchnamarsquoSimilarly the SET formed by the Mumbai police also discovered several lapses in the investigation of Aryan Khan The SET found that during the panchnama of Khans arrest the crucial witness late Prabhakar Sail who was also the panch was standing outside the Mumbai International Cruise Terminal A source within the Mumbai police stated ldquoDuring the panchnama the panch has to be present at the spot but he was standing outside and there is digital evidencerdquoThe Mumbai SET did not file a case as Shahrukh Khans manager Pooja Dadlani did not appear before them to provide her statement However whatever facts emerged before the SET were officially shared with the NCBrsquos vigilance team ldquoThe money trail was proven with CCTV footage showing it was taken to various people and then returned when allegations were made We could have established the further chain if it led to the NCB officers but the FIR was not registered since the complainant and the victims did not come forwardrdquo revealed a senior officer involved in the probeWankhede through his lawyer Rizwan Merchant has said that Mumbai Policersquos SET found nothing during their investigation and the enquiry was closedlsquoCarry on smear campaignrsquoOn being asked about CCTV footage at the NCB Mumbai office going corrupt Wankhede messaged to midday ldquoI thought you were writing today on SRK chats proving my innocence and the change of charge sheet to drop Aryanrsquos name Nonetheless not speaking to your paper You can carry the vilification and smearing campaign against me My best wishesrdquoInputs from Diwakar Sharma