Sameer Wankhede recently filed a defamation case against Aryan Khan’s series The Ba***ds of Bollywood. The case revolves around a character in the Netflix series, directed by Aryan Khan, which Wankhede alleges is a defamatory portrayal of him. After the Delhi HC issued summons, the officer has reacted to claims of leaked chats with SRK during the case.
Sameer Wankhede on animosity with SRK
He told HT City, “There is none… I am an officer of law, whatever books and Acts are there, I do as per that. We are not living in some kind of a banana republic out here. We have a constitution, we have a system, we have a set up. There’s a chain of command. I am a very small man, just a government servant. How can anybody have such a grudge and all those things, you know? These things are just loose talks.”
Talking about leaking the chats, he clarifies, “I will tell you what the fact is. There was a writ petition which I had filed before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court. In that writ I had to present some evidence in front of the court. So why will I `leak` it? I will bring it to the Hon’ble Court. What is my motive in “leaking” those things? In any case, those things will be coming out when any arguments will be happening. So what is the intention to leak? And what is wrong in those chats? The matter is before the honorable High Court. And along with that, I`ve given 65B certificate also. So why leaking and doing all those things? It is my job which I presented to the honorable court.”
For those unversed, it all started in 2021, when Shah Rukh`s son Aryan was arrested by Sameer during a drug raid conducted on a cruise in Mumbai. Aryan was given a clean chit in 2022.
About Sameer Wankhede’s lawsuit
The series features a sequence where a drug enforcement agency officer, bearing striking resemblance to Sameer, raids a party, similar to how the latter raided a cruise party in the October of 2021. Sameer Wankhede has claimed that the webseries has deliberately biased and defamatory content against him.
He alleged that a character in the web series is shown saying, “Satyamev Jayate” and immediately after that the character is seen making an obscene gesture. It is an insult to the slogan which is part of the national emblem and is an offence punishable under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.
