Sameer Wankhede part of plot to 'kidnap' Aryan Khan: Nawab Malik

Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on Sunday alleged that NCBs Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede was part of a plot to kidnap actor Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan for ransomSpeaking to reporters here Malik claimed BJP leader Mohit Bharatiya was the mastermind of the plotAryan Khan was last month arrested following a raid led by Wankhede on a cruise ship from which drugs were allegedly seized He was later granted bail by the Bombay High CourtMalik has repeatedly termed the cruise drugs raid as fake and levelled a series allegations against WankhedeAlso Read Rs 18crore deal to release Aryan fell apart because of Gosavis selfie Witness in cruise ship drugs caseThe minister on Sunday claimed Wankhede had met Bharatiya at a kabarastan graveyard in suburban OshiwaraBut because of his Wankhedes good luck we couldnt get the footage since polices CCTV was not functioning Hence out of fear Wankhede had lodged a false complaint that he was being stalked Malik saidThe alleged cruise rave party was a plot to kidnap Aryan Khan for ransom of which Mohit Bharatiya was the mastermind the NCP leader allegedAccusing Wankhede of being involved in the plot he claimed Bharatiya was a member of Wankhedes private armyMalik appealed to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan to come forward and support his fight against injusticeHe accused Wankhede of creating fear among drug consumers while protecting peddlers and traffickersHe claimed the trap to kidnap Aryan Khan was laid through Rishabh Sachdeva the brotherinlaw of BharatiyaRs 25 crore were sought and the deal was finalised at Rs 18 croreRs 50 lakh were given The deal got spoilt because the selfie of K P Gosavi NCBs witness in the cruise drugs case with Aryan after his arrest became viral he claimedThe minister further said there have been attempts to frighten Shah Rukh Khan that since he gave an amount of Rs 50 lakh he too becomes an accusedI appeal to him not to get scared If your child is kidnapped and ransom is sought and the parent pays it he is the victim and not the accused Malik saidAryan Khan was taken to the cruise party by Pratik Gabba and Aamir Furniturewala he claimed adding that Sachdeva Gabba and Furniturewala were let off by the NCBKashif Khan an organiser of the cruise party had tried hard to invite state minister Aslam Shaikh and children of our top ministers to come to the party he claimedBesides cases of Aryan Khan and Sameer Khan Maliks soninlaw all 26 cases being probed by the NCB should be given to the SIT for probe If there is an attempt to scare me by putting my soninlaws case for reexamination let me be clear that I am not scared the minister saidMaliks soninlaw was arrested in January this year by the NCB in an alleged drugs case and was granted bail in SeptemberThe minister further said the real name of Sam DSouza whose whose name had cropped up in connection with the payoff allegations in the cruise drugs case was Samville and he was called for interrogation by NCB official V V Singh in June this yearWhy hasnt he been arrested yet Malik asked without revealing the case detailsThe NCB served him a notice in June Singh also warned him against changing his phone handset Malik said referring to a telephonic conversation which he shared on his Twitter handle on SundayBharatiya a former general secretary of Mumbai BJP on Saturday alleged that one Sunil Patil from Dhule who is closely associated with NCP leaders including former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh is the mastermind of the cruise drug bust episodeHowever Malik on Sunday claimed Sunil Patil did not belong to the NCP and he had never met himHe also said the NCB had challenged the Gujarat governments forensic lab report which gave a clean chit to his soninlaw before an NDPS court in the alleged drugs caseMalik appealed to the NCB and the BJP not to shield tainted personsMy fight is not against the NCB or the BJP It is against those indulging in wrongdoings Please support me I am also supporting eradication of the drugs menace he saidMalik also demanded that action be taken against NCBs quartet Wankhede V V Singh Ashish Ranjan and Wankhedes driver Mane claiming they were involved in wrongdoings in the NCBs zonal officeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever