Aryan Khan Case, New Claims By Witness On Alleged Payoff
Aryan Khan Case: Sam D'Souza came up in allegations that Kiran Gosavi -- whose selfie with Aryan Khan went viral had tried to extract ₹ 25 crore from Shah Rukh Khan's manager Pooja Dadlani to help free the 23-year-old from Narcotics Control Bureau's custody.
A man believed to be the missing link in an alleged payoff to secure Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan's release in the drugs-on-cruise case has surfaced with new claims. Sam D'Souza was a name that came up in allegations that Kiran Gosavi, whose selfie with Aryan Khan went viral, had tried to extract ₹ 25 crore from Shah Rukh Khan's manager Pooja Dadlani to help free him from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)'s custody.
Prabhakar Sail, an NCB witness who had given details of the
alleged deal, had said that Sam D'Souza brought Kiran Gosavi and Pooja Dadlani
face-to-face. Mr Sail has claimed that Gosavi planned to ask for ₹ 25 crore
from Pooja Dadlani and settle on 18 crore, of which eight crore was to be paid
to NCB officer Sameer Wankhede.
In an interview to NDTV, Sam D'Souza, who calls himself a
liaison man, said he had been in Delhi all this while and he would soon record
a statement with the Special Investigation Team that has taken over the case
from Sameer Wankhede.
Mr D'Souza said he never knew about a ₹ 25-crore deal and
that he was only meant to set up the meeting between Gosavi and SRK's manager.
According to him, Gosavi contacted him a day before the drugs raid on
October 1 through Sunil Patil, a "power broker" with important
connections.
"I met Gosavi and I asked him what he wanted. He told
me Aryan Khan had been arrested and he wanted to speak to SRK's manager. I said
I don't have her contact, I will try. I couldn't get her number," Mr
D'Souza told NDTV, referring to a conversation on October 3, hours after Aryan
Khan and others were detained following a drugs raid on a cruise ship.
Later that day, Aryan Khan was arrested.
"We were shocked when Sunil Patil told me Gosavi had
taken ₹ 50 lakh from Pooja Dadlani. Then Gosavi's selfie with Aryan became
viral. Gosavi and Sunil Patil turned out to be frauds. Sunil Patil told me to
collect the money. We recovered that money for Pooja Dadlani," he said.
Sam D'Souza has alleged a threat to his life and has asked
for police protection from the Maharashtra government. "Sunil Patil,
Gosavi, Prabhakar Sail…they are all frauds. The real story will now come out.
The truth will prevail," he said.
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