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Sameer Wankhede, a 2008 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, is the son of retired Maharashtra Police officer Dayandev Wankhede.
Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) Mumbai zone director Sameer Wankhede, who came into limelight after busting a drug racket in Bollywood, ends today. Despite having the option, he has not taken extension of service. However, the NCB in September had given him an extension of four months, which expires today. After busting the cruise drugs case, many controversies were also involved in the name of Sameer Wankhede, in which there was also an allegation of demanding a ransom of 25 crores in exchange for releasing Aryan Khan. Apart from this, NCP spokesperson and minister Nawab Malik had also accused of doing jobs with the help of fake cast certificates.
Wankhede seized drugs worth 1 thousand crores
While serving in NCB, Sameer Wankhede arrested 96 people and registered 28 cases from August 2020 to December 2020. In 2021 they arrested 234 people and registered 117 cases. Wankhede seized more than 1791 kg of drugs worth around Rs 1000 crore and froze assets worth over Rs 11 crore.
Who is Sameer Wankhede?
- Sameer Wankhede, a 2008 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, is the son of retired Maharashtra Police officer Dayandev Wankhede.
- Before joining NCB, he served as Deputy Commissioner of Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) and Additional SP of National Investigation Agency (NIA).
- He has also worked as Assistant Commissioner of Customs. During this he was posted at the Mumbai airport.
- While working with the Mumbai Air Intelligence Unit, he caught many celebrities.
Sushant Singh honored with ‘Home Minister’s Medal’ in drugs case
In August 2020, he reached the NCB to investigate the Sushant Singh Rajput drugs case. Taking the matter into his own hands, he arrested over 33 people. He was awarded the ‘Home Minister’s Medal’ for excellence in work in 2021. Starting from actor Rhea Chakraborty, several high-profile Bollywood celebrities were interrogated and arrested by the NCB under Wankhede, who was on deputation to the central agency since September 2020.
What is the family background of Sameer Wankhede?
- Sameer Wankhede has done two marriages. His first wife was Shabana Qureshi, with whom Nawab Malik has tweeted. This marriage took place in 2006. Both got divorced in 2016.
- After divorce from Shabana, Sameer married Marathi actress Kranti Redkar in Hindu rituals in 2017.
- Wankhede’s father Gyandev Wankhede is a Hindu, but he was married to a Muslim woman, Zahida Bano, who has passed away.
- Sameer’s sister Yasmin Wankhede is a lawyer. She is married to Aziz Khan, who is also a witness in the nikahnama of Sameer Wankhede’s first marriage.
