In the alleged extortion case, the Bombay High Court on Monday pulled up Sameer Wankhede for the leaked chats and asked him if he was responsible for the media leak of a conversation between him and actor Shah Rukh Khan.
The court was referring to the alleged WhatsApp conversation between Wankhede and Shah Rukh Khan, which was leaked to the media and was doing rounds on social media despite the matter being sub judice.
In the alleged chats, Wankhede, who was the chief investigating officer of the Aryan Khan drug case, can be seen discussing the ongoing probe with the actor and assuring him to go easy on Aryan Khan.
Meanwhile, Wankhede’s lawyer alleged that an honest officer is being harrassed under the pretext of an investigation despite his full cooperation and understanding in the matter.
CBI, on the other hand, claimed that Wankhede isn’t willing to inform us about certain aspects of the case and also alleged that he leaked his conversation with Shah Rukh Khan to the media.
The central agency also demanded that Wankhede be not given any shield against the arrest by the court. Wankhede has been summoned by the CBI again on May 24.
Wankhede, who was the former Mumbai NCB chief, appeared before the CBI in Mumbai for the third day in a case in an alleged extortion case related to Aryan Khan’s drug case investigation.
Wankhede and his aides are accused of demanding a Rs 25 crore bribe from superstar Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan in the Cordelia cruise ‘drug bust’ case, an official said.
The CBI booked Wankhede and four others on May 11 for alleged criminal conspiracy and threat of extortion, besides provisions about bribery under the Prevention of Corruption Act on a complaint by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).
Continuing the exemption from arrests, the High Court directed CBI to file its response on June 3 while Wankhede’s team will have till June 7 to respond. The next hearing is on June 8.
Wankhede alleges death threats in letter
In another development, Wankhede on Monday submitted a letter to the office of the Mumbai police commissioner seeking protection after claiming he and his wife were receiving death threats for the last few days.
An official said a letter was sent to the police commissionerate in south Mumbai through a representative of Wankhede.
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