He was booked by the CBI in May last year on charges of seeking Rs 25-crore bribe for not framing Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case, officials had said.
The case pertains to the Rs 25-crore bribe allegedly demanded by Wankhede, among other accused, from the families of Aryan Khan and others who were arrested in the 2021 Cordelia drug bust case.
The Bombay High Court on Monday asked whether Sameer Wankhede, accused of trying to extort Rs 25 crore from Shah Rukh Khan to avoid implicating his son Aryan Khan in a drugs case, circulated the chat in media despite the matter being in sub judice.
Wankhede, who has been in the spotlight after arresting Aryan Khan in a drugs-on-cruise case on October 3, said he was "pained by Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik s malicious remarks."