Aryan Khan case: Not NCB officials, extortion deal was all by Kiran Gosavi, says Sam D'Souza

Sam DrsquoSouza the mysterious character mentioned in the affidavit of NCBrsquos panch witness Prabhakar Sail accused of brokering a deal between KP Gosavi and NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede has approached the Bombay HC for anticipatory bail as he fears arrest by the SIT of Mumbai police DrsquoSouza in his bail application on Wednesday said the extortion was not by NCB officers it was Gosavi who did everythingBut after he realised that Gosavi was a fraud the money was taken from him and returned to SRKrsquos manager Pooja Dadlani through her husbandSam DrsquoSouza claimed KP Gosavi had said that Aryan wanted to speak to SRKrsquos manager Pooja DadlaniPrabhakar Sail in his affidavit had alleged that he overheard a telephonic conversation between Gosavi and DrsquoSouza where they were talking about a deal of Rs 25 crore to release Aryan Khan and wanted to settle it in Rs 18 crore of which and R8 crore was supposed to go to Wankhede Sail also claimed he got two bags full of cash on the instructions of Gosavi from Indiana bar in Worli He later added that the bags had R50 lakh cash which he gave to Gosavi He also alleged that on October 3 Gosavi asked him to meet DrsquoSouza and gave him Rs 38 lakhDrsquoSouza in his anticipatory bail application has corroborated the extortion deal but said that NCB officials were not involved it was all done by Gosavi ldquoAfter coming to know that Kiran Gosavi was a fraud he learnt about cases against him through the media the applicantrsquos only motive was to recover the money and save his image Therefore he connected with Sunil Patil another middle man and Gosavi and recovered the money and returned it to Pooja Dadlani through her husbandrdquo he said in the bail applicationThe bail application says Gosavi had a number saved as SW2 Sameer Wankhede to give the impression that he was speaking to senior officers of NCB but the true caller showed the name Prabhakar Sail PICSuresh KarkeraDrsquoSouza also said that Gosavi had a number saved as SW2 Sameer Wankhede ldquoI saw that Gosavi had saved a mobile no as SW2 thereby showing that he was connected to top NCB officials however the true caller showed the name Prabhakar Sailrdquo DrsquoSouzarsquos bail application readslsquoVery influential person arrestedrsquoDrsquoSouzarsquos affidavit further reads that on October 2 he got a call from one Sunil Patil who informed him that a very influential person was arrested for drugs on the Cordelia cruise and requested the applicant to check and verify this According to DrsquoSouza as Patil insisted he along with an associate Kapil Dhole Patil went to the green gate in his car ldquoThe applicant DrsquoSouza was not aware of the influential person and went to the green gate where he met Gosavi and Manish Bhanushali who thanked him for helping them to connect to NCB officials Gosavi then informed the applicant that the influential person arrested was Aryan Shah Rukh Khanrdquo the application reads furtherPrabhakar SailAfter that DrsquoSouza was informed by Gosavi that Aryan wanted to connect with SRKrsquos manager Pooja Dadlani Gosavi also told DrsquoSouza that Khan had no drug in his possession till that time and was innocent ldquoKiran Gosavi convinced me that he could help Aryan Khan get some relief and asked me to connect with Pooja Dadlani The applicant told Gosavi that he has no direct connection with Dadlani but he can try to connect with herrdquo the application saidlsquoAryan did not have drugs on himrsquoThe application also reveals that DrsquoSouza contacted Dadlani through a mutual friend who is a hotelier and met her at Lower Parel After that DrsquoSouza introduced Gosavi and Pooja Dadlani at Lower Parel for the first time with Chikky Pandey Mayur Ghule Kapil Patil and Dadlanirsquos husband Hitesh During the meeting Gosavi showed a list of people apprehended at the cruise and Aryanrsquos name was not mentioned as he was not found in possession of drugs and assured that he could help to get Aryan out of the situation According to DrsquoSouza after Gosavi showed details some confidential meeting happened between Dadlani and Gosavi and he left the placeDrsquoSouza also said in his application that on October 3 he got to know about the arrest of Aryan Khan and he was shocked and contacted Sunil Patil who then informed him that Gosavi had taken R50 lakh through his bodyguard Prabhakar Sail He also said that later he got to know Gosavi was a fraud The application also alleged that Prabhakar Sail is a conspirator along with Gosavi to extort moneyThe Bombay High Court late on Wednesday rejected DrsquoSouzarsquos bail application saying he should have approached the sessions court first