The tenure of IRS officer Sameer Wankhede with the Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB), which was marked by controversy, would finish on December 31, official sources stated on Friday.
Wankhede, a 2008-batch Indian Income Service officer, was on deputation to the NCB since September 2020 and is presently Mumbai zonal director of the anti-drugs company.
He was earlier posted with the Directorate of Income Intelligence (DRI).
As zonal director of NCB, Wankhede was concerned in motion in opposition to the drug syndicates allegedly involving Bollywood celebrities within the aftermath of actor Sushant Singh Rajput`s demise by suicide.
In October this yr, a workforce led by Wankhede allegedly recovered medicine throughout a raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast, and arrested actor Shah Rukh Khan`s son Aryan together with others.
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However subsequently questions have been raised concerning the credentials of impartial witnesses utilized by the NCB through the raid, and it was additionally alleged that there was an try and extort cash from Shah Rukh Khan by NCB officers.
Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik focused Wankhede, alleging that he was born a Muslim however acquired his job within the Scheduled Castes quota by acquiring a bogus caste certificates.
Wankhede denied the allegation and his father filed a defamation swimsuit in opposition to Malik, an NCP chief.
It’s not but clear the place he can be posted after his NCB deputation ends, sources stated.
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