Mumbai drugs case: Extortion racket was being run from Maldives, Dubai, alleges NCP’s Nawab Malik

Nationalist Congress Party spokesperson Nawab Malik on Thursday alleged that an extortion racket linked to drug-related cases against Bollywood actors was being run from the Maldives and Dubai.

Malik made the allegations on a day when the Narcotics Control Bureau raided actor Ananya Panday’s home in Mumbai. Officials from the agency also visited actor Shah Rukh Khan’s home.

The NCP spokesperson noted that during the Covid-19 pandemic, many actors had visited the Maldives. He alleged that Narcotics Control Bureau Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede’s family members were also in the country at the same time. He claimed that Wankhede himself was in Dubai at the time.

“We are convinced that the entire extortion took place in Maldives and Dubai,” the NCP leader said. He urged Wankhede to clarify his stance.

उगाही का धंधा मालदीव में! pic.twitter.com/ECzlOI70vG

— Nawab Malik نواب ملک नवाब मलिक (@nawabmalikncp) October 21, 2021

Malik added that after actor Sushant Singh Rajput died by suicide in June 2020, a “special officer” was brought into the Narcotics Control Bureau.

“The Central Bureau of Investigation took over the investigation into Rajput’s death,” Malik noted. “The mystery about whether it was a suicide or a murder has not yet been resolved. But after, the Narcotics Control Bureau began its games with the film industry.”

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