The CBI had on Friday registered an FIR against Wankhede and four others for allegedly demanding a bribe of ₹25 crore from actor Shah Rukh Khan for releasing his son Aryan, who was arrested on October 2, 2021
Superintendent Vishwa Vijay Singh was removed from the service following an enquiry in another case for which he had been suspended in April last year.
Singh was handling a number of several high profile cases all related to Bollywood during his posting in the Mumbai NCB. The NCB, led by its then Mumbai head Sameer Wankhede, had on October 2, 2021, carried out a high-profile raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai harbour and arrested 20 persons, including Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan. VV Singh, NCB Official Who Investigated Aryan Khan Drug Case, Removed From Service.
The Cordelia cruise drug case, which led to Aryan Khan’s arrest earned Sameer Wankhede the wrath of the political establishment, with the then-MVA minister Nawab Malik accusing him of corruption.