CBI summons Sameer Wankhede in corruption case

CBI has summoned former Mumbai NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede asking him to appear before them tomorrow (May 18). The probing agency has directed him to appear before the CBI Mumbai office in connection with a corruption case in Star Kid Aryan Khan's drugs cruise matter. 

Earlier, CBI registered a corruption case against IRS officer Sameer Wankhede along with others. A search operation was conducted at 29 locations including Mumbai, Ranchi, Kanpur, Delhi on May 12. Sameer Wankhede and 4 others were booked under the Prevention of Corruption and IPC



sections. 

The CBI in its FIR has alleged that Wankhede and others demanded Rs 25 cr in the Cordelia Cruise Aryan Khan case and took Rs 50 lakh as extortion. 

Earlier, Thane police had also registered an FIR against Narcotics Control Bureau's former Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede for alleged forgery in connection with a licence which he had procured for a bar and hotel owned by him in Navi Mumbai.

Wankhede, who was being probed for allegedly submitting a fake caste certificate for getting a government job, was given a clean chit by the caste scrutiny committee.