Aryan Khan Case Officer Alleges Harassment By Anti-Drugs Agency Top Cop
The commission, in a statement on Tuesday, said it will probe the alleged harassment and atrocities committed by Gyaneshwar Singh and directed that no further action be taken in the matter till the complaint is pending.
Mumbai:
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has said it will probe a complaint received by Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sameer Wankhede alleging harassment by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Deputy Director General (DDG) Gyaneshwar Singh, who headed a vigilance probe that found irregularities in the 2021 drugs-on-cruise case.
The commission, in a statement on Tuesday, said it will probe the alleged harassment and atrocities committed by Gyaneshwar Singh and directed that no further action be taken in the matter till the complaint is pending before the panel, which enjoys powers of a civil court.
The NCB had instituted the vigilance probe after several lapses were found in the inquiry into the alleged drug seizure from a cruise ship in Mumbai last October. Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, was arrested after a raid on the ship, but he was later given a ‘clean chit’ in the case. Wankhede was the NCB Mumbai zonal director when the raid was conducted on the Goa-bound ship.
“A complaint or information has been received by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) from Wankhede and the commission has decided to investigate or inquire into the matter in pursuance of the powers conferred to it under the Constitution,” said the statement.
Sameer Wankhede, who in May was transferred to the DG Taxpayer Service Directorate in Chennai, also met the NCSC chairman and discussed his case in detail, it said.
“There appears to be discrimination and harassment of the petitioner (who belongs to a Scheduled Caste). Therefore, the NCSC has desired that no further action in the matter be taken till the pendency of the case in the commission,” said the statement.
The commission has asked the Central Board of Indirect Texas and Customs (CBIC) to hand over original documents submitted by the NCB’s Special Enquiry Team (SET) for examination by the panel.
The Indian Revenue Service (IRS) is governed by the CBIC.
The NCSC, which enjoys powers of a civil court, has asked the CBIC, a body functioning under the Union finance ministry’s Department of Revenue, to submit information sought by it in 15 days.
