Attempts being made to malign Maharashtra in cruise drugs case: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday mentioned deliberate makes an attempt had been being made to malign Maharashtra by way of the cruise medication seizure case, and claimed “some officers will get uncovered”.

Talking to reporters right here, Raut additionally claimed claimed that an individual named Sam D’Souza, seen in some footage associated to the arrest of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan within the cruise medication case, was the “greatest cash laundering participant in Mumbai”.

He additional claimed that D’Souza was properly linked with politicians and bureaucrats.

On Sunday, an ‘unbiased witness’, Prabhakar Sail, claimed that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an official of the Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) and different individuals, together with absconding witness Okay P Gosavi and D’Souza, to let off Aryan Khan within the cruise medication seizure case.

Nevertheless, a senior NCB official later denied the allegations, terming them as “utterly false and malicious”.

Aryan Khan was arrested by the NCB October 3 and is at present in judicial custody.

The three ruling events in Maharashtra – Shiv Sena, NCP, and Congress – have questioned the NCB’s motion within the case. On Monday, Raut mentioned, “A small video (which surfaced on social media) reveals the presence of Sam D’Souza, who’s the largest participant in cash laundering in Mumbai. He’s properly linked with politicians, IAS officers and even customs and Revenue Tax officers. It’s a huge recreation and so they have simply began it.”

“Maharashtra is intentionally being maligned by way of such case. I imagine some officers will get uncovered right here,” the Rajya Sabha member claimed.

On Sail’s declare of Rs 25 crore demand to let off Aryan Khan, Raut mentioned, “He (Sail) has achieved an excellent favour to the nation by talking out concerning the fraud. I admire his braveness. He has uncovered everybody within the NCB and officers concerned in it.”

Earlier, Raut in a tweet on Sunday mentioned, “Witness in AryanKhan case made to signal on clean paper by NCB is stunning. Additionally, there are stories that there was a requirement of big cash. CM Uddhav Thackeray mentioned that these circumstances are made to defame Maharashtra. This appears to be coming true. Police ought to take suo moto cognizance.”