Mumbai: NCP spokesperson and minister Nawab Malik on Tuesday said CM Uddhav Thackeray will soon write to PM Narendra Modi on NCB’s “excesses.” “I had a brief meeting with the CM and home minister Dilip Walse Patil on the recent NCB (Narcotics Control Bureau) raids. I briefed them on NCB’s excesses and how it conducted fake raids. The CM expressed concern over the threat to the entire Bollywood industry following NCB’s raids. Bollywood provides jobs to more than one lakh people. I brought it to the notice of the CM that NCB has conducted a media trial of at least 25 leading actors in the name of their interrogation for alleged involvement in drug peddling,” Malik said.

On the affidavit filed by witness Prabhakar Sail, who had alleged a Rs 25 crore deal, Malik said it was a serious matter and needs a high-level probe. “Walse Patil has assured me Mumbai police will conduct a probe and register an offence. The FIR will be on the incident and not on an individual. Mumbai police will decide the future course of action,” Malik said.