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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on June 20 questioned an accused, Sanvile D’Souza, in reference to the 2021 cruise ship case during which Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested, however by no means charged.
“Mr. D’Souza was summoned to the CBI headquarters in Delhi for questioning. He has been told to join the probe again on Wednesday,” mentioned an company official.
In May, the CBI searched a number of places in Mumbai, Delhi, Ranchi, Lucknow, Chennai and Guwahati after registering a case for corruption in opposition to former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) official Sameer Wankhede and 4 others.
In the First Information Report (FIR), it was alleged that Mr. Wankhede and two different officers dedicated severe irregularities owing to which an “independent witness” within the cruise ship case allegedly conspired with others to extort ₹25 crore from Mr. Aryan’s household.
In its grievance to the CBI, the NCB alleged that after receiving details about drug use on the Cordelia Cruise ship on October 2, 2021, Mr. Wankhede after which superintendent Vishwa Vijay Singh constituted a crew to conduct a search operation.
The then intelligence officer, Ashish Ranjan Prasad, was made the investigating officer, whereas accused Kiran Gosavi and Prabhakar Sail had been roped in as “independent witnesses”.
Following allegations of corruption in opposition to the officers, the NCB initiated an inquiry and located that names of sure suspects had allegedly been dropped from the primary info be aware and people of some others included. Several passengers had been searched on the departure gate of the Mumbai Port Trust, however as alleged, the search particulars of some suspects weren’t documented they usually had been allowed to depart.
The inquiry revealed that the accused had been dropped at the NCB workplace in Mr. Gosavi’s car. It appeared that his presence with the accused individuals was allowed deliberately in order to undertaking him as an NCB staffer. During the entire course of, he took selfies with Mr. Aryan and likewise allegedly recorded a voice be aware.
The FIR alleged that every one this helped Mr. Gosavi and his confederate, Mr. D’ Souza, amongst others plan an extortion bid by threatening to border him for possession of medication. The quantity was scaled right down to ₹18 crore and a token of ₹50 lakh taken by Mr. Gosavi and his aide, however later part of it was returned.
On October 2, 2021, the NCB crew led by Mr. Wankhede raided the ship and arrested 20 individuals, together with Mr. Aryan. He spent 22 days in judicial custody earlier than he was launched on bail by the Bombay High Court. The NCB didn’t chargesheet him and 5 others. The company mentioned no medicine had been discovered on him.
