Mumbai Cruise Drugs Case: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has removed its Superintendent of Police (SP) Vishwa Vijay Singh from service. This is the same SP who was part of the team that raided the Cordelia cruise ship in October 2021, in which superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested.
However, the matter in which he has been removed from service is not a part of Aryan Khan’s investigation. Singh was already under suspension since April last year and his conduct was being probed by the NCB. On the condition of anonymity, an official said that recently the investigation in a separate case was completed after which it was decided to remove him from service.
Departmental action taken against seven officers
NCB Director General Satya Narayan Pradhan has confirmed the removal of Vikas. However, Vikas says that he does not want to comment on this. The matter is pending with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). At the same time, a separate investigation into the allegations leveled against the Mumbai team of NCB under the leadership of former zonal director Sameer Wankhede in the Cordelia raid was completed in November last year, on the basis of which departmental action was taken against seven officers. Whatever came out in the investigation has not been made public.
Chennai was transferred to Wankhede
Wankhede is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer who was transferred on the night of 2 October 2021 for raiding the Cordelia ship at the International Cruise Terminal at Green Gate. In this case, Wankhede was transferred to Chennai after Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, got a clean chit.
NCB claimed to have seized drugs and Rs 1.33 lakh in cash. In this case, 14 people were caught and Aryan Khan (24), Arbaaz Merchant (26) and Munmum Dhamecha (28) were arrested on October 3 after hours of questioning.
Evidence was not found against Aryan Khan
Based on the WhatsApp chats, the Wankhede team had claimed that the accused were part of a larger conspiracy. It was alleged that Aryan Khan was in touch with some foreign drug supplier and the chats mentioned “hard drugs” and “huge quantities”. However, rejecting the NCB’s claims, a single bench of Justice Nitin W Sambre of the Bombay High Court had said in October last year that there was no evidence to suggest the existence of any conspiracy.
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