Wankhede abused his position as NCB zonal director in drugs-on-cruise case: Enquiry report

Wankhede abused his position as NCB zonal director in drugs-on-cruise case: Enquiry report

New Delhi, May 19 (PTI) An NCB special enquiry team (SET) set up to probe the role of its former Mumbai zone chief Sameer Wankhede, who initially investigated the controversial drugs-on-cruise case involving superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son, has found a number of alleged service rule violations by him including mis-reporting of foreign travel expenses and transactions in luxury watches.

The SET's findings have now been taken on record by the CBI which recently raided the 2008-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer after it filed an FIR against him for corruption and alleged violation of rules in the raids that took place at the Cordelia cruise berthed at the Mumbai coast on October 2, 2021.

Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, who was arrested and spent about a month in jail, has been exonerated from this case by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) last year after a special investigation team (SIT) of the agency probed the raids afresh and said there was no evidence of wrongdoing against him