Mumbai Police has set up an enquiry into complaints of alleged extortion against NCB officers including zonal director Sameer Wankhede in the drugs bust case involving Aryan Khan, a senior police official said on Wednesday. Police officers have been deputed for the enquiry, he added.
Police are conducting an inquiry into four complaints, filed by an independent witness in the NCB case Prabhakar Sail, lawyers Sudha Dwivedi and Kanishka Jain, and Nitin Deshmukh, he said.
All the complaints have been clubbed together. Sail's statement was recorded on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Dilip Sawant, Additional Commissioner of Police (South Region) will supervise the enquiry and DCP Hemrajsingh Bagul will assist him as supervisory officer.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Milind Khetle, Police Inspector Ajay Sawant, Assistant PI Shrikant Karkar and Sub Inspector Prakash Gawali will be part of the enquiry team.
The order of enquiry was issued by Vishwas Nangre Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order).
(With PTI Inputs)
