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Sameer Wankhede 10 Personal Facts, Biography, Wiki
Police officer
Spouse: Kranti Redkar (m. 2017)
Hometown: Mumbai
Wife: Kranti Redkar
Full Name Sameer Dayandev Wankhede
Profession Civil Servant (IRS)
Famous For His no-nonsense attitude and for working without being partial
Height (approx.) in centimeters- 179 cm
in meters- 1.79 m
in feet & inches- 5’ 10”
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour Black
Civil Service
Service Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
Batch 2008
Major Postings • Income Tax Air Intelligence Unit
• National Investigation Agency
• Narcotics Control Bureau
Date of Birth 14 December 1979 (Friday)
Age (as of 2021) 42 Years
Birthplace Mumbai, Maharashtra
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Caste Scheduled Caste
Nationality Indian
Hometown Mumbai, Maharashtra
Education Qualification B.A.(History Hons.)
Food Habit Non-Vegetarian
Marital Status Married
Marriage Date 29 March 2017
Wife/Spouse Kranti Redkar Wankhede (actress, filmmaker, entrepreneur)
Daughter(s) Zyda and Ziya
Parents Father- Dayandev Wankhede (retired police officer)
Mother- Zaheda Wankhede
Siblings Sister- Yasmeen Wankhede (Criminal lawyer)
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Sameer Wankhede is the zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), and he is popularly known for being on the front foot of all the operations of the NCB and conducting raids to seize drugs and other contraband in Mumbai and surrounding areas.
Sameer Wankhede completed his education and started preparing for the UPSC examination.
After clearing the examination, Sameer passed out in 2008, and he was appointed as an Indian Revenue Service officer.
In the initial years, Sameer served as the Deputy Commissioner of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at the Mumbai Airport.
While serving in the customs department at the Mumbai airport, Sameer made sure that everyone paid the tax on each item bought by them from another country.
He was known for not giving clearance to any celebrity until they disclosed the tax on the goods.
In 2010, Wankhede was working in the Maharashtra Service Tax Department when he booked 2,500 people, including 200 celebrities, under the charges of tax evasion.
He was also responsible for adding revenue of Rs. 87 crore in the exchequer.
In 2011, Sameer seized the 2011 Cricket World Cup trophy as it was made of gold, and the association was required to pay the customs duty.
In 2013, Wankhede stopped the Punjabi pop singer Mika Singh with foreign currency.
He was returning from Bangkok when he was caught with $11,000 and Rs. 2.75 lakh cash. He also had liquor bottles valued at $1,000.
According to custom norms, Indian passengers coming from abroad with more than $5,000 are asked to declare the amount.
Mika Singh was detained for four hours before he was released on a bail of Rs. 1 lakh.
After serving at the Air Intelligence Unit, Sameer became the additional SP of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), and then he was appointed as the Joint Commissioner of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).
After serving at the DRI, Sameer became the zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau, and since 2019, his team has managed to seize drugs worth Rs. 17,000 crore.
He has conducted raids at the properties owned by many Bollywood celebrities like Anurag Kashyap, Vivek Oberoi, and Ram Gopal Varma.
After the suicide of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput and the alleged drug angle in the case, Sameer Wankhede and his team investigated the whole case.
They conducted several raids at the safe houses of drug peddlers, and they revealed the names of many Bollywood celebrities.
Sameer personally interrogated Rhea Chakraborty and other celebrities as a part of the ‘Bollywood drugs nexus.’
In November 2020, comedian Bharti Singh and her husband were arrested by the NCB for the possession and consumption of cannabis.
She was arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
On searching their house and official premises, the team found 86 grams of cannabis, and the couple admitted to consumption of the drug.
On 22 November 2020, Wankhede, along with five other members of his team, was attacked by a mob of 60 alleged drug peddlers.
Two of his colleagues were seriously injured, whereas he escaped from the brawl with minor injuries.
In June 2021, Sameer Wankhede and his team arrested Haris Khan, a 25-year-old drug supplier who was operating from the areas close to Bandra Reclamation.
It was also found that the supplier used to work for Dawood Ibrahim‘s aide Chinku Pathan.
The accused has over 21 criminal cases registered against him, and the cases range from attempts to murder to kidnapping and threats.
In June 2021, NCB conducted another raid at a bakery in Malad based on some information obtained, and they seized 10 cannabis-based brownie cakes and 35 grams of marijuana.
They managed to catch three individuals, including a woman and the supplier Jagat Chaurasia.
Later, the NCB team led by Sameer Wankhede raided Jagat’s place and found 125 grams of marijuana.
In July, NCB nabbed another such racket when they arrested a 25-year-old professional psychologist Rahmeen Charaniya who was baking and selling brownies mixed with hashish, ganja, and charas.
NCB recovered 10 kg of hashish brownies, 350 gm of opium, and Rs. 1.7 lakh cash from the residence.
In October 2021, Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested by the NCB after they raided a cruise party in Mumbai.
Sameer Wankhede busted a high-profile drug party on a cruise ship en route from Mumbai to Goa.
During the raid, NCB seized cocaine, hashish, MD, and other drugs from the ship.
After Aryan Khan’s arrest, Sameer faced backlash from the public, saying that the NCB was just targeting the Bollywood industry and celebrities.
Sameer Wankhede is married to the Marathi actress Kranti Redkar, and they have twin babies.
Many sources have mentioned that Sameer Wankhede was a 2008 batch pass out from the UPSC examination, however, some sources have claimed that he was a part of the 2004 batch.
Sameer was attacked by a mob of around 50 people in November 2020.
He also investigated an Indian Laughter Queen named Bharti Singh after finding drugs from her house.
Wankhede is not active on any social media handle.
He has 3.5k followers and 2 posts on his Instagram account as of October 2021.
Sameer’s wife Kranti Redkar said that she never disturb her husband during his work and investigation.
Kranti Redkar added that Sameer hardly sleeps for 2 hours at the night.