MUMBAI: Sameer Wankhede, the officer who probed the narcotics-related cases against Rhea Chakraborty and Aryan Khan, has been transferred to the Directorate General of Tax Payer Services (DGTS), Chennai as additional commissioner. He has been posted in the same rank that he has been holding since the last two years. With inquiries currently on against him for alleged service violations and his present tenure in the Risk Management Division under the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence not yet complete, the shift is being referred to as not a usual transfer, said sources.
The DGTS is into Taxpayer Services, Stakeholder Consultation & Grievance Redressal, according to the government website. This includes laying down service standards and monitoring, evaluating and reviewing the same from time to time to assess their effectiveness and efficiency, it says.
The vigilance unit of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), which is Wankhede’s parent organisation, on Monday recorded his statement as part of the probe into the former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai zonal chief’s conduct. An internal review by NCB had faulted the officer’s investigation methods in the Aryan Khan case. Wankhede was taken on loan by NCB from the CBIC.
