Hours after Prabhakar Sail, the personal bodyguard of witness K P Gosavi, came out with a series of allegations including discussions of a payoff to NCB (Narcotics Control Bureau) officials, the agency’s zonal director Sameer Wankhede wrote to the Mumbai police commissioner expressing fear that he may be framed in a case, reports S Ahmed Ali.

“It has come to my notice that some precipitate legal action for framing me falsely is being planned by unknown persons in relation to the alleged vigilance issue,” said Wankhede, adding NCB deputy DG Mutha Jain has referred the matter to the director general of NCB for necessary action. “Let a central agency probe these allegations and the truth will come out,” an NCB official said. 

Wankhede’s letter said the threat of jail and dismissal have been issued against him on public media by highly respectable public functionaries. NCP’s Nawab Malik has been on the warpath against Wankhede on the cruise drug seizure probe. In a separate press release, Jain said as the case is before the court and sub judice, Sail needs to submit his prayer to the court rather than through social media. “As some of the contents of the affidavit are related to vigilance matters, I am forwarding the affidavit to the NCB DG and requesting him for further action,” it said.