Indian Revenue Service officer Sameer Wankhede, who was under the scanner for several alleged financial and procedural irregularities, will contest the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections. He is likely to contest the polls on Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena’s ticket, as per sources.
Wankhede is the same officer who led the Narcotics Control Bureau team that arrested actor Shah Rukh’s son Aryan Khan from a cruise on drug-related charges in 2021. Aryan spent nearly a month in jail before being released on bail.
Sanjay Kumar Singh, a 1996-batch IPS officer of the Odisha cadre, headed a special investigation team (SIT) of the NCB that gave a clean chit to Aryan Khan and five others citing “lack of evidence” against them. The team punched holes in the investigation carried out by the NCB Mumbai, headed by Mr Wankhede.
