The Narcotics Management Bureau’s Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede, who was accused of forging his caste certificates by Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik, visited the memorial of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar right here on Monday on the latter’s demise anniversary.
Mr. Wankhede later informed reporters that he’s impressed by Dr. Ambedkar in his “struggle for reality” and expressed confidence of successful it.
Then again, Mr. Malik, with out naming the NCB officer, implied it’s the influence of the struggle he put up that “some folks” have began coming to Chaityabhoomi, the place the place the architect of the Indian Structure was cremated.
Mr. Wankhede, had in October, led a raid on a cruise ship and medicines had been claimed to have been seized onboard. Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan and another persons are accused within the case. Following this, Mr. Malik had levelled a number of allegations towards Mr. Wankhede, together with that the NCB officer was a Muslim by delivery and produced a bogus certificates to get the Authorities job. He had claimed that Mr. Wankhede didn’t belong to a Scheduled Caste. Mr. Wankhede had denied all allegations.
Requested in regards to the NCB officer’s go to, Mr. Malik informed a TV channel that everybody has the proper to pay respects to Babasaheb. “If somebody believes that solely folks of a specific neighborhood will pay respect to him, then it’s a unsuitable assumption. I come right here yearly. Now, some folks have began coming right here,” he mentioned.
Referring to the film Jai Bhim, the Minister mentioned the movie depicts injustice meted to members of a neighborhood and their battle towards it.
“I believe the struggle I’ve put up, its influence has began. Therefore, persons are coming to pay respects,” he mentioned, with out naming anybody.
To a query on whether or not he had seen Mr. Wankhede pay respects on the Chaityabhoomi earlier, Mr. Malik mentioned, “I can not discuss it. However, it’s true he was providing namaz with me.”
In the meantime, employees of Bhimshakti Republican Sena objected to Mr. Wankhede’s go to to the Chaityabhoomi and raised slogans towards him.
