Mumbai: Amidst the ongoing investigation in the Cordelia cruise drugs case, former NCB joint director Sameer Wankhede has now submitted a written complaint to the Amboli police station to take action against RTI activist Ketan Tirodkar.
The complaint states that the allegations leveled by Ketan Tirodkar are baseless. Tirodkar had given an interview on a Marathi news channel in which he had commented on an ongoing court case.
Sameer Wankhede has given a letter to the police stating that a video uploaded by Ketan Tirodkar on the Cordelia cruise case is defamatory.
Wankhede has claimed that Tirodkar published a false, defamatory interview on a Marathi news channel and other media.
Confirming the receipt of the letter, an officer of Amboli police station said that the matter will be investigated on the basis of the letter.
Defamation Video Uploaded on YouTube
Tirodkar said in that interview that Wankhede had arrested a person with drugs, who was let off. Wankhede claimed in the letter that he was being defamed by Tirodkar's video uploaded on YouTube without verification of facts on a sub-judice matter and that he was deeply disturbed by it.
Wankhede, in his complaint, demanded that a defamation case be registered against Tirodkar under sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code.
Drugs-on-cruise case & Aryan Khan's arrest
The then NCB director Sameer Wankhede had arrested Shahrukh's son Aryan Khan in a raid on the Cordelia cruise, after which Wankhede was alleged of demanding bribe in the case.
A team from Delhi had come to Mumbai to investigate the matter, which while investigating had given its report against Wankhede. On the basis of the same, CBI has registered an FIR against Wankhede whose investigation is on.
The matter is still in the court, Wankhede has complained to the police regarding the comments being made on it.
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