NEW DELHI: Former Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) Mumbai zonal director and Indian Income Service (IRS) officer Sameer Wankhede has filed a defamation swimsuit within the Delhi excessive court docket towards Purple Chillies Leisure Pvt Ltd, the manufacturing firm owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and his spouse, Gauri Khan.The swimsuit considerations Aryan Khan’s directorial debut collection, The Ba***ds of Bollywood, which Wankhede claims has broken his fame. Netflix and others have additionally been named within the case.In his plea, Wankhede sought aid within the type of a everlasting and obligatory injunction, declaration and damages.“This collection disseminates a deceptive and unfavorable portrayal of anti-drug enforcement companies, thereby eroding public confidence in legislation enforcement establishments,” he mentioned.He argued that the collection was “intentionally conceptualised and executed with the intent to malign Sameer Wankhede’s fame in a colourable and prejudicial method,” significantly whereas circumstances involving him and Aryan Khan are nonetheless earlier than the Bombay excessive court docket and the NDPS Particular Courtroom in Mumbai. The previous NCB officer mentioned the portrayal unfairly targets him “at a time when the judicial scrutiny is ongoing”. His swimsuit additionally factors to a sequence within the present the place a personality makes an obscene gesture after reciting Satyamev Jayate. Wankhede contends this can be a “grave and delicate violation” of the Prevention of Insults to Nationwide Honour Act, 1971, attracting penal penalties below legislation. He additional claims the content material contravenes provisions of the Data Know-how Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) by searching for to “outrage nationwide sentiment by using obscene and offensive materials.” Wankhede has demanded damages of Rs 2 crore, which he has mentioned ought to be donated to Tata Memorial Most cancers Hospital for the remedy of most cancers sufferers. The swimsuit additionally seeks instructions from the court docket to restrain streaming and distribution of the present, in addition to a declaration of its defamatory nature. Wankhede has argued that, other than harming his private fame, the content material “undermines religion in establishments liable for implementing drug legal guidelines.” The Delhi excessive court docket is anticipated to listen to the matter quickly.In response to Wankhede, the present misrepresents occasions linked to that investigation and portrays him in a unfavorable mild.‘A bribery cost’In Could 2023, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a case towards former Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) officer Sameer Wankhede, accusing him of trying to extort Rs 25 crore from Shah Rukh Khan. The case stems from a criticism by the NCB, which alleged that Wankhede and his associates sought the cash in change for beneficial remedy of Shah Rukh Khan’s son, Aryan Khan, through the 2021 cruise ship medication investigation.The CBI has charged Wankhede below sections of the Indian Penal Code (Now BNS) regarding legal conspiracy and extortion, in addition to provisions of anti-corruption legislation. Wankhede has denied the allegations, calling them politically motivated. In his defence, he cited textual content messages exchanged with Shah Rukh Khan, claiming the respectful tone of the conversations disproves any suggestion of stress or monetary calls for.