Former zonal director of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Mumbai, Sameer Wankhede has filed a defamation suit against actor Rakhi Sawant. Wankhede has also filed a case against lawyer Kaashif Ali Khan alleging that the two made defamatory comments on him. In his suit, Wankhede has referred to an interview given by Khan to a channel in 2023, claiming that he made statements which were a 'deliberate lie' and 'concocted, baseless'. The suit states that the statements alleged that Wankhede is 'media obsessed' and 'targets celebrities'. Wankhede said as an Indian Revenue Service officer, he has had a 'blotless career throughout his life in government services'. He sought damages and compensation of Rs 11 lakh. Wankhede said Khan had also posted such content on his Instagram account, which was shared by Sawant, which he said caused further damage to his reputation. Khan is a lawyer of model Munmun Dhamecha, who was arrested in the cruise drug raid case in 2021, by a team led by Wankhede. “The defendants (Khan and Sawant) have spoken defamatory statement without verifying the veracity of the facts in hand. The sole intention of defendant number 1 (Khan) was to prejudice the mind of the public in an ongoing case in which case his client is an accused," the suit said.
