India News | Thane Police Summons NCB Official Sameer Wankhede in Connection with Forgery Case
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Thane Police on Monday summoned former Mumbai Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede in connection with an alleged forgery case on a complaint by the Maharashtra excise department.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 22 (ANI): Thane Police on Monday summoned former Mumbai Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede in connection with an alleged forgery case on a complaint by the Maharashtra excise department.
"He will have to come to the police station to record his statement along with relevant documents on February 23 (Wednesday)," Thane Police said.
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Meanwhile, Wankhede has moved the Bombay High Court seeking quashing of FIR by Thane Police against alleged fraudulent bar licence. The court has fixed the hearing in the matter on February 22.
He has moved another petition in the Bombay High Court seeking restoration of cancelled bar licence by Thane Collector.
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An FIR was filed against Wankhede on Sunday for forgery in Mumbai's Thane for allegedly obtaining a licence for a hotel by willful misrepresentation of his age, said the Kopri police on Sunday.
The action was taken following the complaint of State Excise Department official Shankar Gogavale who alleged that Wankhede was below 18 years of age in 1996-97 while obtaining a licence for Sadguru Bar in the city.
Thane collector had issued an order to cancel the licence of the bar.
As per the FIR, the former zonal NCB director was not eligible to do these agreements but he claimed to be a major on a Stamp paper in his agreement deed for Sadguru Hotel of Thane. (ANI)
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