Aryan Khan case: Sam D'Souza was working with NCB since June, says Nawab Malik

Addressing his ninth press conference after the arrest of Aryan Khan now out on bail state minister Nawab Malik said on Sunday that an informer named Sanville DrsquoSouza alias Sam orchestrated a deal between NCB officer Sameer Wankhede and Shah Rukh Khanrsquos manager Pooja Dadlani to let the actorrsquos son walk away The matter wouldnrsquot have blown up had KP Gosavirsquos selfie with Aryan not gone viral said the ministerMalik said Sam is an accused in the agencyrsquos weed bakery case but he was never arrested despite being summoned Keeping up his allegations against Narcotics Control Bureaursquos Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede has his own army to extort money from people and DrsquoSouza was a part of it Malik also said that some other NCB officers were also involved in what he called Wenkhedersquos design He said DrsquoSouza was summoned by the NCB in June Malik shared on Twitter what he claimed to be a copy of the summonsSunil Patil said he had simply connected Sam DrsquoSouza with Bhanushali and Gosavi right Mohit Kamboj Bhartiya speaks to the media at Santacruz on Sunday PicAtul KambleThe minister shared an audio clip purportedly between a top NCB officer and DrsquoSouza The officer purportedly tells DrsquoSouza to report before the agency and that he should not ldquothink of changing his phone as he has all IMEI detailsrdquo On DrsquoSouzarsquos request the officer gives him more time claims the audio clipldquoI want to ask the agency why he was not arrested and what happened after the summons As per my information he Sam DrsquoSouza paid some amount to the officer and became an informer He was just involved in making deals for NCB and collecting money as we can see what is happening in the cruise drug case He is one of the main culprits behind the extortion money taken from Pooja Dadlanirdquo Malik saidAddressing the press conference httpstcoEJyi8ExRAHmdash Nawab Malik nawabmalikncp November 7 2021The minister said he has nothing against NCB ldquoI am not saying that entire NCB is fraud but because of one person and his army the image of NCB is at stake and the senior officers should not let this happen they should probe and find the truthrdquoA source from the NCB requesting anonymity said ldquoHe Sam DrsquoSouza was called for clarity based on some facts that surfaced during the investigation He was not arrested as there was not enough material against himrdquo The officer also said that DrsquoSouza was summoned in a case of one accused who is the son of a former ACP of Mumbai policelsquoNot scared over SIT probing six casesrsquoMalik said one of the six cases taken over by the NCBrsquos SIT is the one involving his soninlaw Sameer Khan He said if this is an attempt to browbeat him he wonrsquot submit to such tactics Claiming that there is apparent pressure on SRK and his manager he said ldquoI urged them that they are victims and they should fear about anythingrdquoMeanwhile Sunil Patil another mysterious personality in the alleged extortion attempt from SRKrsquos manager Dadlani came forward following DrsquoSouza allegations that it was Patil who had introduced him to NCBrsquos panch witnesses KP Gosavi and Manish Bhanushali Patil told the press that DrsquoSouza is known him since the last one year ldquoHe Drsquosouza called me that he had information about the Cordelia cruise arty and wanted me to help and I connected him with Bhanushali and Gosavi After everything happened I got involved again and because of my intervention Gosavi returned all the money to Sam DrsquoSouzardquo said PatilPatil also said that DrsquoSouza wanted his help over the NCB summons ldquoI told him that I donrsquot know anyone in NCB He later asked for monetary help as he was supposed to pay to someone in the NCB He was let off after he paid R25 lakhrdquo Patil saidlsquoNo connection with MalikrsquoPatil said he has no connection with NCB and Nawab Malik as alleged by BJPrsquos Mohit Kamboj alias Bharatiya ldquoI was associated with NCP till 2016 and after that I am not with any political party The allegations made by Kamboj is baseless I have never met Malik I spoke to him once on October 10 after his press conference on the Aryan Khan caserdquoPatil who gave his statement to the Mumbai police SIT that is probing the extortion allegations against Wankhede and others on witness Prabhakar Sailrsquos complaint said he was threatened and beaten in a Delhi hotel by Manish Bhanushali and others He said they were forcing him to speak to the media in favour of WankhedeSIT summons Aryan othersNCBrsquos SIT lead IPS Sanjay Singh had issued summons to Aryan Khan to record his fresh statement on Sunday but he didnrsquot appear citing personal reasons Singh said Aryanrsquos friend Arbaaz Merchant and another accused Aachit Kumar recorded their statement They were with the SIT for about 9 hours