A witness in the Mumbai drugs bust case, KP Gosavi, whose selfie with Aryan Khan

had gone viral, told CNN-News18 on Monday that he will surrender as there is a
threat to his life. Gosavi’s driver Prabhakar Sail had on Sunday alleged a Rs 25-
crore money deal made on behalf of NCB to let off Aryan Khan, a charge that was
dismissed by the probe agency.

Gosavi, allegedly a private investigator, is one of the nine independent witnesses

in the drugs bust case. Pune police had recently issued a lookout circular against
him in connection with a 2018 cheating case registered in the city.

In a purported video, Sail, who is allegedly employed as a personal bodyguard to

Gosavi, had said that he is “scared of Sameer Wankhede” and for his life. He also
claimed in the video that “his signatures were taken on blank papers by the NCB
officials”. “There was discussion of a bribe to Sameer Wankhede…I collected Rs 50
lakh in cash,” Sail had allegedly said in Marathi.

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Sameer Wankhede, Zonal Director of the NCB, had spearheaded the drug bust at a
cruise off the Mumbai coast on October 3, leading to the arrest of Bollywood
superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, among others.

Gosavi discussed the allegations with CNN-News18, saying he would surrender as he

“can’t tolerate more”. He said he had never met Shah Rukh’s manager Pooja Dadlani
or went to the Trident Hotel for extorting money.

Gosavi further clarified that the selfie that had gone viral had been taken on the
cruise terminal and not at the NCB office. He said he had received information
about the drugs racket from a source and informed the NCB.

He claimed there was a threat to his life, and he had received several extortion
calls after October 3, adding that political agendas were behind it.

Sail on Sunday had told media persons that he had overheard Gosavi telling one Sam
D’Souza over the phone (after Aryan Khan was brought to the NCB office following
the raid) 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”.

Sail had said that after the raid, Gosavi, accompanied by NCB officials, took Aryan
Khan in a white Innova car to the NCB office. He said and D’souza followed Gosavi
in another car, claiming that the they later went to Lower Parel, where a blue
colour Mercedes car carrying Shah Rukh Khan’s manager Pooja Dadlani arrived at a
particular spot.