Former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede told the Bombay High Court on Monday (March 23, 2026) that he never demanded or took a bribe from actor Shah Rukh Khan to spare his son Aryan Khan following the latter's arrest in a cruise drugs case.
Mr. Wankhede's counsel, Aabad Ponda, was arguing the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer’s petition seeking to quash the FIR registered against him in May 2023 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on charges of corruption and bribery.
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Mr. Ponda told a Bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Suman Shyam that Mr. Wankhede never demanded or took a bribe from Shah Rukh Khan.
