Former Mumbai zonal director of NCB Sameer Wankhede, who was being probed for allegedly submitting a fake caste certificate for getting a government job, was given a clean chit.
Punjab Police on Sunday claimed to have busted an inter-state racket with the arrest of three persons involved in smuggling of opium in an ambulance. Police seized eight kg of opium from an ambulance on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway on Saturday, said Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police Vivek Sheel Soni, while addressing the media here. The accused had used the ambulance 10-12 times for smuggling narcotics in the past, he said. But their fresh attempt to smuggle opium by the same means was foiled by the Punjab police on Saturday, when a team posted near Dappar village stopped an ambulance coming from Ambala side. The police found two persons inside the vehicle, one posing as a patient, lying on a stretcher-like seat, and another sitting by him. The third one was driving the vehicle. When it checked, police did not find any member of a medical team or oxygen cylinder, or even the first-aid kit in the vehicle, which stoked their suspicion. They took to doing a thorough checking o
The NCB let off Aryan Khan and five others due to "lack of sufficient evidence"
The NCB filed a draft charge sheet in a case related to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and accused his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty of allegedly procuring drugs for him
Sameer Wankhede, who headed the NCB in probing Aryan Khan and several others in the drugs-on-cruise case last year, was transferred to the DG Taxpayer Service Directorate in Chennai, an official said
"There is also information about action against concerned officer. If anyone is falsely implicating an innocent person, then action should be taken against them," said Maha Home Minister Dilip Walse
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Friday cleared Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, of all charges in the drugs-on-cruise case
Wankhede is an Indian Revenue Service officer and the finance ministry is the nodal authority to take the action against him.
Congress alleged that the entire case was part of a "larger conspiracy" to topple the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, in which it shares power with the Shiv Sena and NCP
All the accused have been arrested under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act
The seized drugs were kept in backpacks and jute bags and were wrapped in packets of e-commerce major Flipkart and other companies, according to reports
NCB on Thursday busted an India-Afghanistan drug syndicate and recovered 50 kilograms of heroin worth over Rs 100 crore from a flat in southeast Delhi's Jamia Nagar, Shaheen Bagh
Sail's lawyer Tushar Khandare confirmed that he suffered a heart attack, and said Sail's family members do not suspect foul play
Aryan Khan was named an accused in the case along with 19 others by the NCB last year
NCB filed an application before a Mumbai sessions court seeking an extension of 90 days to file a charge-sheet in an alleged drugs case in which Aryan Khan
Shah said the security grid should be further strengthened to ensure zero cross-border infiltration and to eliminate terrorism completely
There is no evidence to connect Aryan Khan, son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, with international drug conspiracy, a probe by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of NCB has found, as per sources.
Wankhede was questioned by the police on the same day when Enforcement Directorate (ED) quizzed and later arrested Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in Mumbai
Sameer Wankhede, the former Mumbai zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau, appeared before the Thane police on Wednesday in connection with a forgery case registered against him
Meanwhile, Wankhede has moved the Bombay High Court seeking quashing of FIR by Thane Police against alleged fraudulent bar licence.