In another development, Gosavi, who had gone into hiding since NCP minister Nawab Malik said he had criminal cases registered against him, surfaced on Monday and denied all allegations, including those of extortion.
Gosavi was quoted by ANI as saying he would surrender “in half an hour outside Maharashtra”. He also denied meeting Shah Rukh’s manager Pooja Dadlani-one of the claims made by Sail.
‘Selfie with Aryan taken at terminal, not NCB office’
Sources said he was asked to approach Sahar police station, under whose jurisdiction he stays. Sahar police said they are looking into the complaint.On Monday, Sail visited the Mumbai police headquarters to lodge a complaint. Sources said he was asked to approach Sahar police station, under whose jurisdiction he stays. Sahar police said they are looking into the complaint.
Gosavi, for his part, clarified that the selfie with Aryan Khan that had gone viral after the October 2 raid was 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 had informed the NCB. He said there was a threat to his life.
Gosavi, who claims to run a private detective agency, is one of nine independent witnesses in the case. There are offences of cheating registered against him in Thane and Pune. Pune police had recently issued a lookout circular against him in connection with a 2018 cheating case.
In an interview to electronic media, Gosavi said he was very much available in Mumbai till October 6, but as he started getting threat calls from unknown numbers, he had to go into hiding.
Recalling the sequence of events of the NCB raid, he said that as he got information on the drugs, he passed it on to NCB officials, and when he went to the cruise, he first met NCB superintendent VV Singh and later met Wankhede. Until then he did not know about Wankhede, he said. In the early hours of October 3, Sail claimed that while escorting Gosavi, he overheard him discussing a demand of Rs 25 crore and his willingness to “settle” at Rs 18 crore, of which Rs 8 crore was to be allegedly paid to Wankhede.
Meanwhile, TOI visited Adarsh building in Waghbil area of Thane, where Gosavi used to live. A security guard there said, “Gosavi was living as a tenant on the second floor for a couple of months. He used to come with a woman and a bodyguard in an SUV, which had a metal plate with ‘police’ written on it. He mostly used to come late in the night and kept changing vehicles, but with the ‘police’ plate inside.”
TOI visited another flat at Channel Apartment in Sector 28, Vashi, which was locked. A security guard said, “Gosavi came to stay with his wife in the flat at Block 1 in September. Since the time Gosavi’s name flashed on news channels, he stopped visiting the flat. A bodyguard used to accompany him.”
– With inputs from Nishikant Karlikar and George Mendonca
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-selfie-with-aryan-taken-at-terminal-not-ncb-office/articleshow/87266599.cms
