NCB Witness Kiran Gosavi To Surrender 'Outside Maharashtra', Dismisses Allegations In Cruise Drugs Case
<p><strong>New Delhi:</strong> Witness in drugs on cruise case, Kiran Gosavi, dismissed allegations of taking money from an individual after the raid, saying that they were false and the stories were fabricated to change the course of the investigation.</p> <p>In a conversation with news agency ANI, the absconding NCB witness said, "All allegations are false. They fabricated stories to change direction (of probe)."</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ | <span style="color: #e03e2d;"><a style="color: #e03e2d;" title="" href="https://ift.tt/3bbCk6K" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-toggle="tooltip" data-html="true" data-original-title="Story ID: 1489697">NCB’s Sameer Wankhede Arrives In Delhi, Says Visit Unrelated To Extortion Allegations In Cruise Case</a></span></strong></p> <p>He alleged that it was him who was being threatened: "It's I who was being threatened that I led to his (Aryan Khan's) arrest. I received phone calls."</p> <p>Gosavi also told the news agency that he would be surrendering to the police outside of Maharashtra and that all speculations would be cleared then. "I'm surrendering outside Maharashtra. Everything will be clear," he said.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A private investigator, Kiran Gosavi is believed to be present during the cruise ship raid and later at the NCB office with Aryan Khan. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He was absconding while his selfie and videos with Aryan Khan at both places were widely shared on social media and led to questions being raised about the anti-drugs agency's investigation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kiran Gosavi's statement comes after his bodyguard</span>, Prabhakar Rohoji Sail had alleged in a video message that Gosavi took Rs 50 lakh from an individual after the raid at the cruise ship, and said, "I worked as a bodyguard of Kiran Gosavi. I assisted him during the Mumbai cruise drugs case."</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speaking to the media on Sunday, Prabhakar Sail also claimed that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an official of the NCB and other persons, including KP Gosavi, to let off Aryan Khan in the case.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prabhakar Sail claimed that he had overheard Gosavi telling one Sam D'Souza over the phone, after Aryan Khan was brought to the NCB office following the October 2 raid on the cruise ship, about a demand of Rs 25 crore and “to settle at Rs 18 crore as they have to give Rs eight crore to Sameer Wankhede”, PTI reported.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He further stated that he would soon release evidence to support his claim.</span></p> <p>Meanwhile, the NCB today named <span style="font-weight: 400;">Prabhakar </span>Sail as a "hostile witness" in its affidavit in the special court.</p> <p>Gosavi has also been booked by the Pune police for fraud on October 18. As per the police, he had duped lakhs of rupees from people on the pretext of sending them abroad for jobs.</p> <p>Earlier, a case was registered against Gosavi with Faraskhana police station of Pune city on May 19, 2018, for allegedly committing fraud by promising a person a job in Malaysia by taking money, ANI reported.</p> <p>However, he neither returned the money nor offered the job to the complainant. The accused was booked under sections 419, 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) along with relevant sections of the IT Act.</p> <p><em>(With Inputs From Agencies)</em></p>
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