The ED registered a money laundering case against Wankhede after taking cognisance of a CBI FIR over an alleged Rs 25 crore bribe demand from film superstar Shah Rukh Khan's family to spare his son in a drugs case.
Sameer Wankhede led the probe against Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan when he was arrested in a drugs case in 2021 and was later cleared of all the charges.
The vacation bench granted Wankhede interim protection from arrest till June 8 subject to the condition that Wankhede will not publish any material through WhatsApp, give press statements or tamper with evidence.
Former NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede on Saturday appeared before the CBI in Mumbai for questioning in a case in which he is accused of demanding Rs 25 crore bribe from superstar Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan in the Cordelia cruise drug bust case,