Mr Wankhede’s statement came in response to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids raided his residence and other premises on Friday.
The former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer, Sameer Wankhede, who is accused of allegedly demanding ₹ 25 crore as a bribe for not framing Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case, on Saturday alleged that he was being punished for being a patriot.
Mr Wankhede’s statement came in response to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids raided his residence and other premises on Friday.
Mr Wankhede alleged that 18 CBI officials raided his house on Friday while his wife and children were present in his house.
“I am getting rewarded for being a patriot, yesterday 18 CBI officials raided my residence and searched it for more than 12 hours while my wife and children were present in the house. They found ₹ 23,000 and four property papers. These assets were acquired before I joined the service,” said Mr Wankhede.
Sameer Wankhede further claimed that CBI officials also took the phone of his wife Kranti Redkar in their possession. Apart from that, CBI recovered ₹ 28,000 from his sister Yasmin Wankhede’s house and ₹ 28,000 from his father Dnyaneshwar Wankhede’s house. 1800 rupees were also recovered from Sameer the residence of Wankhede’s father-in-law.