The public interest litigation (PIL) was filed on Tuesday by one Kausar Ali, who claims to be a priest and a person working for the rehabilitation of drug addicts.
Speaking to reporters, Malik said he had apprised the chief minister and state Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil about the current happenings
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Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3
The Mumbai Police have received four applications so far alleging extortion by NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede and other officials, and have launched an enquiry to verify these claims.
A special NDPS Act court here on Tuesday granted bail to two persons arrested in a drug seizure case in which Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan is one of the accused. Manish Rajgaria and Avin Sahu became the first accused in this high-profile case to get bail. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had claimed that the two were among the "guests" on the cruise ship where narcotic drugs were recovered off the Mumbai coast on October 2. The NCB has arrested as many as 20 people in the case including Aryan Khan. The special court for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act cases had earlier rejected the bail applications of Aryan and two others in the case. The Bombay High Court is now hearing their bail pleas.
The official reached Delhi Monday night to meet the Director General of NCB in connection with bribery allegations.
A single bench of Justice N W Sambre is likely to take the plea for hearing later in the day.
Former Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi will appear for Aryan Khan's bail plea in Mumbai cruise drug case before the Bombay High Court on Tuesday.He will appear physically in the Court and argue the matter."I will appear for Aryan Khan in his bail matter today in Bombay High Court," said Rohatgi.According to a statement of Karanjawala & Company, Mukul Rohatgi along with his Karanjawala & Co team consisting of Senior Partners Ruby Singh Ahuja and Sandeep Kapur have flown to Bombay to add to legal team of Aryan Khan.The team already has Amit Desai, Senior Advocate, Satish Manshinde, Senior Advocate, Anandini Fernandes, along with Advocate Rustom Mulla, Desai Desai Carrimjee & Mulla.Bombay High Court is scheduled to hear popular actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan's bail plea.Bombay High Court on October 21 said that it would hear Aryan Khan's bail application on October 26, informed lawyer Satish Maneshinde. "We asked the court that the matter should be heard .
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As per the NCB and its zonal director, the allegations made by witness Prabhakar Sail were only an attempt to create hurdles and scuttle the investigation into the case.
Panday was earlier questioned by the NCB for two days last week and was called again on Monday.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has ordered a vigilance inquiry into the claims made by a witness in the cruise drugs case of an extortion bid of Rs 25 crore by some agency officials
The anti-drugs agency and Wankhede in their affidavits said this was an attempt to create hurdles and scuttle the investigation in the case.
The video was shared on Sunday by an 'independent witness' in the cruise drugs case
In a video message, the bodyguard is heard saying, "I worked as a bodyguard of Kiran Gosavi. I assisted him during the Mumbai cruise drugs case".
An affidavit by one of its "independent witnesses" alleging threats and bribe ignited a political storm in Maharashtra on Sunday and raised questions on NCB's credibility
Actor Ananya Panday was reportedly reprimanded by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede for her arriving late at the probe agency's office on Friday.Pandey was summoned by NCB for questioning in the ongoing cruise drugs case on Friday at 11 am but the actor could only reach the probe agency's office after 2 pm along with her father Actor Chunky Panday.According to the sources in NCB, Wankhede told Ananya that probe agency's office was not a "production house"."You were asked to come at 11.00 am and you are arriving now. Officers are not sitting here, waiting for just you..... This is not your production house, this is the office of a central agency. Come at the time you are called at," sources quoted Wankhede as saying.Panday left the NCB office on Friday evening after being questioned in the ongoing cruise drugs case.She was summoned by the probe agency on Thursday as well.During the questioning on Thursday, the actor denied the allegations of supplying
Bollywood actor Ananya Panday, who was summoned by the NCB on Thursday and Friday in connection with the Mumbai cruise raid case, has denied the allegations of supplying and consuming drugs
Dilip Walse-Patil on Thursday said there was "no question" of the state government ordering any investigation against the NCB officer