Sameer Wankhede is accused of allegedly demanding ₹25 crore bribe from Shah Rukh Khan
Mumbai:
Sameer Wankhede, the previous anti-drugs officer accused of attempting to extort Shah Rukh Khan after arresting his son Aryan Khan in 2021, at present produced what he claimed have been his chats with the Bollywood celebrity as a part of his defence.
Sameer Wankhede, the previous zonal director of the Narcotics Management Bureau in Mumbai, submitted within the Bombay Excessive Courtroom screenshots of alleged chats by which Shah Rukh Khan appeared to beg him to free Aryan Khan as “he’ll break as a human being”.
Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3, 2021, following an anti-drugs raid on a celebration on a cruise ship. He was launched practically a month later.
Wankhede is now accused by the CBI of allegedly demanding ₹25 crore bribe from Shah Rukh Khan to not implicate Aryan Khan.
Within the chats submitted by Wankhede in courtroom, SRK appeared to have written lengthy, determined messages urging the officer to free his son. NDTV can’t independently confirm the authenticity of the chats.
“I encourage you man please do not let him be in that jail. These holidays will come and he’ll break as a human being. His spirit will probably be destroyed due to some vested folks. You promised you’ll reform my baby not put him in a spot the place he might come out utterly battered and damaged. And it is no fault of his,” the 57-year-old actor writes, based on a screenshot.
“I encourage you please have mercy in me and my household. We’re a easy set of individuals and my son has been a bit wayward however he would not deserve being in jail like a hardened felony. You additionally know that. Have a coronary heart man please I encourage you (sic),” says a purported message. The messages usually finish with the signoff “Love srk”.
The chats haven’t been corroborated. There isn’t any response from Shah Rukh Khan or his authorized crew.
In a single screenshot, the actor seems to guarantee Wankhede that he’ll do “all the pieces in his energy” to make somebody retract an announcement. “I promise you I’ll do all of it and will not shirk away from begging them to cease. However please ship my son residence. You additionally know in your coronary heart it has been a bit too harsh for him by now. Please please I encourage you as a father,” he pleads, based on a screenshot.
The officer’s reply, purportedly, is brief: “Sharukh I do know you as a fantastic human being. Let’s hope for the most effective. Handle your self.”
A few of the messages appear to have been despatched on October 4, a day after the arrest, and go on long gone midnight, until daybreak.
SRK seems to say he is aware of it’s “formally inappropriate and possibly outright improper” however pleads with him to talk “as soon as as a father”.
In alleged messages despatched on October 14, across the time Aryan Khan’s bail plea got here up in courtroom, SRK appeared to beg the officer to “present some kindness” however the officer replied: “Pricey Sharukh, I want I might discuss to you as good friend and clarify you in regards to the present state of affairs and never as a zonal director, all of the murk and unscrupulous parts are vitiating the whole environment. I needed to look in the direction of the children In an reformatory method and supply a possibility for greatest dwelling and nationwide service. However sadly my try is being maligned by some soiled individuals with malafide and vested pursuits.”
Wankhede was granted safety by the Excessive Courtroom from any “coercive motion” within the extortion case filed in opposition to him. The previous NCB officer had requested the courtroom to scrap the FIR filed by the CBI in opposition to him.
An NCB report has alleged that Wankhede made a number of journeys overseas along with his household and owned vast property disproportionate to his revenue.
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