Sameer Wankhede Cash Laundering Case: ED’s Allegations and Reactions |

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a case of cash laundering in opposition to former Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede, alleging that he demanded a bribe of Rs 25 crore. This matter is linked to the arrest of Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan within the 2021 Cordelia cruise ship drug bust case.
It’s being reported that the case was filed on the premise of an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Could 2023.Together with Wankhede, three different NCB officers have additionally been summoned for questioning.

Reacting to this growth, Sameer Wankhede instructed ETimes, “ED had registered the mentioned ECIR in 2023. It’s shocking that this ECIR relies on the CBI FIR which is already underneath query earlier than the Bombay HC. Because the matter is subjudice, I do not intend to remark something additional. I’ll give the suitable reply within the court docket on the acceptable time. I reiterate that I’ve full religion within the Indian Judiciary. Satyamev Jayate.”
Sameer Wankhede was booked by the CBI in Could final yr on prices of looking for Rs 25-crore bribe for not framing Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan within the drugs-on-cruise case. In line with PTI, the CBI booked Wankhede and others for alleged felony conspiracy (120-B IPC), and menace of extortion (388 IPC) apart from provisions pertaining to bribery underneath the Prevention of Corruption Act on a grievance from the NCB.