Cites Meeting Attended By SRK’s Manager
Ahmed Ali (THE TIMES OF INDIA; October 25, 2021)

Mumbai: The seizure of contraband from a cruise liner on October 2 night leading to the arrest of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan has turned murkier with the personal bodyguard of a witness filing an affidavit levelling serious allegations of a payoff to a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) official.

The affidavit by Prabhakar Sail, bodyguard to drug case witness K P Gosavi, cites a meeting between Shah Rukh’s manager Pooja Dadlani, Gosavi and one Sam D’Souza in the wee hours of October 3 in Lower Parel. The affidavit also mentions a payment of Rs. 8 crore to be made to NCB zonal chief Sameer Wankhede.

Sail said he feared that NCB officials and other persons involved “may kill or abduct me like Gosavi”. Gosavi has not been traceable since NCP minister Nawab Malik sparked a controversy over including him as witness.
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Bodyguard claims Gosavi asked him to collect Rs. 50 lakhs, give it to Sam

Mumbai: In his affidavit, Prabhakar Sail has questioned the decision to make K P Gosavi, against whom criminal cases were pending, as a witness in the cruise drug seizure case. Pune police have even issued a lookout notice against Gosavi for his involvement in a 2018 cheating case. Sail is Gosavi’s bodyguard. NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede has denied all allegations.

The raid on the cruise ship began on October 2 and continued till the next day. Aryan Khan and two others were arrested on October 3 after hours of interrogation. The affidavit states that Aryan was brought from the international cruise terminal to NCB office in Ballard Pier in Gosavi’s vehicle.

The affidavit, dated October 23, sworn before notary R B Gupta, has provided details of a series of events that unfolded the night before the raid.

Sail has narrated one of the conversation which says, “Till such time we reached Lower Parel, Gosavi was talking to Sam D’Souza on the phone and said that ‘you put a bomb of Rs 25 crore and let’s settle at 18 because we have to give 8 crore to Sameer Wankhede’.”

Sail said Gosavi told him to come to NCB office on October 2. “I asked the driver, Vijay Suryavanshi, where Gosavi is. He told me Gosavi is in the NCB office in a meeting with official… At 10.30 pm, I was called by Gosavi in the boarding area (where the cruise ship was docked) and I saw Aryan in one of the cabins...I also saw a girl, Munmun Dhamecha, and a few others with NCB officials,’’ said Sail. Aryan, his friend Arbaaz Merchant and Dhamecha were arrested together. After the raid, Gosavi drove the Innova, along with Aryan and NCB officials, to the agency’s office, while Sail came on foot.

“I reached there and Wankhede instructed his staff to take my signature and one Salekar took 10 signatures on blank papers and my Aadhaar card details…After a while Gosavi came down the NCB office and met D’Souza. Later we drove towards Lower Parel and D’Souza’s car followed us.”

Sail said after a few minutes, a blue Mercedes came and Shah Rukh Khan’s manager Pooja Dadlani stepped out. Dadlani, D’Souza and Gosavi sat in the car and were talking. Then they all left. After driving Gosavi to his Vashi home, Gosavi asked Sail to go to Tardeo near Indiana hotel and collect Rs. 50 lakh. Sail said when he reached there, a car arrived and a man gave him two bags full of cash which he gave Gosavi. Later, Gosavi asked Sail to hand over the cash to D’Souza at Trident Hotel. When Sail gave the cash, D’Souza said there was only Rs. 38 lakh.
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Faizan Khan (MID-DAY; October 25, 2021)

A 40-year-old Andheri resident, Prabhakar Sail, who claims to be the personal bodyguard of NCB's panch witness K P Gosavi has made sensational claimes through a video and a notarised affidavit in connection with the on-going drugs-on-cruise case.

Out of the nine NCB witnesses in the Aryan Khan case, Prabhakar Sail is the number 1 witness.

Gosavi, whose selfie with Aryan Khan went viral, is an alleged private investigator of NCB and is absconding in a cheating case filed with Pune Police.

In a video and affidavit he claimed, the day Aryan Khan was arrested by NCB, he had overheard KP Gosavi and one Sam D'Souza talking on call about a money pay-off.

As per Sail’s claims, Gosavi and Sam caught up near Lower Parel’s Big Bazaar. He overheard Gosavi’s call where he was allegedly talking about a money pay off to the extent of Rs 25 crore and a final settlement of Rs 18 crore because allegedly Rs 8 crores was promised to Sameer Wankhede.

When mid-day contacted Wankhede, he said he has no idea about the meeting and Aryan Khan was arrested so how can there be a question of taking money from anyone. "I absolutely deny all allegations," Wankhede told mid-day.

Sail further claimed that shortly after this conversation with D'Souza regarding the pay off, a blue coloured Mercedes pulled in near Big Bazaar where Gosavi and D'Souza were already waiting. He claims that he saw Shah Rukh Khan's manager Pooja Dadlani was inside the Mercedes. The duo sat in her car and spoke to her for 15 minutes. Later, K P Gosavi sent D’Souza to Indiana bar in Tardeo where two people gave him a bag full of cash which was later given to Gosavi near his residence in Vashi.

Sail claims that he revealed the truth because there is threat to life.

"K P Gosavi is missing now and I’m afraid that I could be killed or abducted. As seen in big cases, witnesses often are killed or taken away. Therefore, I wanted to state the truth," he added at the end of his affidavit.

Following is Prabhakar Sail’s unedited narration as registered in the affidavit which mid-day has procured.

Sail, in his affidavit has said that, I was employed by Gosavi on 22nd July and he worked with him since then as his personal bodyguard. In his affidavit and video message he said that,"on 1st October 2021 at about 9:45 pm he (Gosavi) called me and said that he has left. On 2nd October at about 7:35 pm, Kiran Gosavi called me and said that he transferred 500 rupees to my Google pay account and told me that he is sending me a location on WhatsApp and told me to come to that location. I reached CST railway station at 8:45 p.m. and when I saw the location on WhatsApp it was shown as NCB office. I reach there by taxi and saw white Innova car MH 12 JG 3000 parked opposite NCB office. I asked  driver Vijay Suryavanshi as to where is K P Gosavi. He told me that K P Gosavi is in NCB office with  NCB officials. I was with the driver at 10:00 am Kiran Gosavi called the driver and came down with NCB officer from NCB office. Kiran Gosavi and the said officer left in the said Innova instructed me to wait their itself. At 12:00 p.m. K P Gosavi called me and instructed me to come at green gate and wait. At about 1:23 pm, Kiran sent some photographs on my WhatsApp and told me to keep a watch and identify the people in the photograph and to further inform him that if any of the said persons are coming to board the cruise through green gate. Accordingly I was waiting identified one person from the set photographs and informed him on WhatsApp that he has boarded bus number 2700. At 4:23 pm, he replied to me that said person who identified is caught and that 13 people are arrested. At about 10:30 pm, I was called by K P Gosavi in the boarding area. I saw one girl Munmun Dhamecha and few others with NCB officials."

He further added in his affidavit,"at about 12:30 pm, Kiran Gosavi accompanied by NCB official took Aryan Khan in his white Innova to NCB office. I reached NCB office walking at around 1 am, I received a call from K P Gosavi instructing me that I should sign as pancha and called me to NCB office. I reached there and Sameer Wankhede instructed the staff to take my signatures and one Salekar from NCB told me sign on 10 blank papers. Salekar asked for my Aadhar details. As I was not carrying my Aadhar card I asked him if I could send my Aadhar card soft copy from my cell no 9137*** **99 on what's app number 8167 609 712. After that he asked me to eat food and took one packet of food for the driver Suryavanshi."

"After sometime, K P Gosavi came down and met one person named Sam D'Souza 500 metres away from NCB office. Sam spoke to K P Gosavi for 5 minutes and again after going around the NCB office, Sam D'Souza and K P Gosavi met again. After that KP Gosavi left in the white Innova and Sam D'Souza's Innova Crysta followed us. Then we stopped at Lower Parel Bridge near Big Bazaar and somepne also stopped at the said location. Till such time we reached Lower Parel, K P Gosavi was talking to Sam on the phone and stated that you put a bomb of rupees 25 crores and lets settle at 18 final because we have to give it 8 crore to Sameer Wankhede." The affidavit reads

He further stated that,"After few minutes 1 blue colour Mercedes came to the spot and I saw Pooja Dadlani came in the car. Sam, K P Gosavi and Pooja Dadlani sat in the Mercedes and started talking. Then we all left after 15 minutes. K P  Gosavi and myself reached Mantralaya. K P Gosavi spoke to someone and again left for Vashi. And immediately K P told me to take Innova car and go to Tardeo signal near Indiana Hotel and collect Rs. 50 lakh cash. I reached around 9:45 am,. at the said place where 1 white colour car with number 5102 came and gave me two bags filled with cash. Which I took and gave it to Kiran Gosavi. That time I saw that Kiran Gosavi was packing bags and leaving somewhere. In the evening K P called him and told him to come near Vashi Bridge and there after changeed location to Inorbit Mall where he came and gave back cash to me and told me to give it to Sam. Thereafter Sam called me from mobile number 9700***at about 6:15 p.m. and told me to come near Trident Hotel. I reach Trident hotel where Sam mat me and I handed over the bag of cash to him in his Inova crysta. However when he counted the cash, it was only 38 lakhs. I left from there for Vashi."