Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede's father on Monday said his name is Dnyandev and not Dawood as claimed by NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik. Speaking to a news channel, he said his son is like Abhimanyu from the epic Mahabharat who is surrounded by enemies, but he will come out of this 'chakravyuh' (a military foundation to surround enemies) like Arjun. Hitting back at Malik, who has claimed that Sameer Wankhede is a Muslim by birth and his real name is 'Sameer Dawood Wankhede', the Wankhede senior said the NCP leader was playing very low-level politics. Malik has released what he claimed the birth certificate of Sameer Wankhede and alleged that the latter had forged documents. Speaking to a regional news channel, the Wankhede senior said, "It is an absolute lie that my name is Dawood Wankhede. I think there is some malafide intention of Malik behind releasing that birth certificate of Sameer Wankhede and defaming us. My name is Dnyandev Wankhede since my birth and it is still the same".

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