The Director of the Narcotics Enforcement Agency’s Mumbai Region, Samir Wanhead, found himself in a position after Shah Rukh Khan’s son, Aryan Khan, was arrested in a cruise drug case. He will not seek to extend his term, which will be in 2021. Ends on December 31. Wankhede has been a representative of the NCB since September 2020. During his tenure, Wankhede took measures to crack down on the so-called Bollywood drug syndicate. Starting with actor Rhea Chakraborty, the NCB led by Sameer Wankhede interrogated and arrested several Bollywood celebrities for drug involvement.

The Aryn Khan case set off a storm because the Minister of Maharashtra Nawab Malik, in addition to some other violations in the operation of the central agency, also filed blackmail charges against Sameer Wankhede. Nawab Malik also filed serious forgery charges against Sameer Wankhede, claiming that he is a Muslim, but using a forged certificate to take advantage of the OBC quota. While Wankhede’s allegations are being investigated, the issue between Wankhede and Nawab Malik has been brought to court. At the same time, several high-profile cases, including those of the son-in-law of Aryan Khan and Nawab Malik, were transferred from NCB Mumbai to a special investigation team formed by the headquarters. From August 2020 to December 2020, Wankhede arrested 96 cases and filed 28 cases. NCB stated that in 2021, Wankhede arrested 234 people, registered 117 cases, seized more than 1,791 kilograms of drugs, valued at approximately 1,000 crore, and frozen more than 11 crore of property.

Prior to his appointment at the NCB, Sameer Wankhede was an officer of the Indian Revenue Service in 2008 and worked for the Tax Intelligence Bureau. In his previous roles, he was also known as an overseer. In 2011, when Wankhede was at customs, he stopped Shah Rukh Khan at the airport and was fined 150,000 rupees for carrying excess luggage.

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