Aryan Khan case: 'Sameer Wankhede won't be arrested till March 1', ED tells Bombay HC
Wankhede after the ED took cognisance of a first information report (FIR) by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in an alleged ₹25-crore bribe demand from Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's family to spare his son Aryan Khan in a drugs case. In the beginning of this month, the former NCB officer had filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the ED's case. He has also sought, through an interim order, protection from any coercive action and a stay on the agency's probe.
Last week, the ED said it would not arrest Wankhede till February 20 (Tuesday). Sandesh Patil, ED's advocate, on Tuesday told the court that Solicitor General Tushar Mehta will appear in the case and sought an adjournment. "My earlier statement of no arrest or coercive action would stand extended till the time the plea is taken up for hearing," Patil told the court.
The bench accepted the statement and posted the plea for hearing on March 1. Another petition filed by Wankhede has also been adjourned till March 27. He had filed a plea last year against the extortion and bribery case registered against him by the CBI.
In his plea, the 2008-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer said the ED's case "smacks of malice and vendetta". Wankhede claimed that while the ECIR was registered last year, some NCB officers were issues summons now, after he filed a complaint against NCB's deputy director Gyaneshwar Singh. Last month, he had filed a complaint against Singh before a Delhi court seeking action under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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