Mumbai:  A witness in the cruise rave party case alleges on Sunday that an NCB official allegedly demanding bribe from Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan to release his son Aryan Khan. Prabhakar Sail the witness openly said on various TV channels that he is having threat to his life from the NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede.

According to NCB top official it has taken cognizance of the allegations of threats and bribes and the matter will be probed. The witness Prabhakar Sail was identified as the personal bodyguard of the private detective Kiran P. Gosavi. He has released a signed affidavit statement and videos pertaining to the arrest of Aryan Khan and others on October 3^rd, a day after the ship raid October 2^nd.
Sail was one of the nine witnesses listed by the NCB, he claimed that he was made to sign 10 blank papers by the agency and now feared for his life from Wankhede. In the affidavit, Sail has contended that he “overheard” Gosavi and Sam D’Souza discuss a deal of Rs 24 crore which they “settled” for Rs 18 crore, of which Rs 8 crore would go to Wankhede.

He said that he saw SRK’s manager, Pooja Dadlani arrive at the NCB office after Aryan Khan’s arrest and also witnessed her talking with Gosavi and D’Souza inside her vehicle. Sail alleged that Gosavi directed him to collect Rs 50 lakh cash from a spot near the Indiana Hotel and asked him to give the bags to D’Souza near the Trident Hotel where he counted it to find Rs 38 lakh cash.

Reacting to the allegations, NCB Deputy Director General, South West Region Mutha Ashok Jain said that Wankhede has categorically denied the allegations. As some of the contents of the affidavit relate to vigilance matters, I am hereby forwarding the affidavit to the Director General, NCB and requesting him for further necessary action, Jain said.