NCB officer Sameer Wankhede files defamation suit against Aryan Khan show ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’

Former Narcotics Control Bureau Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede has filed a defamation suit in the Delhi High Court, claiming that the Netflix series The Ba***ds of Bollywood portrays him in a defamatory manner, Live Law reported.

Wankhede has named production house Red Chillies Entertainment and its co-founder Gauri Khan in the suit. The series The Ba***ds of Bollywood has been directed by Aryan Khan, the son of Gauri Khan and actor Shah Rukh Khan.

The Indian Revenue Service officer has sought Rs 2 crore in damages, which he said would be donated to the Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital in Mumbai.

Wankhede headed a Narcotics Control Bureau team that had arrested Aryan Khan in the 2021 Cordelia cruise case.

In his suit, Wankhede has claimed that the series was “deliberately conceptualised and executed” to malign his reputation “in a colourable and prejudicial manner”, even as proceedings related to the matter are pending before the Bombay High Court and a special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances court.

The suit also objected to a scene in which a character makes an obscene gesture after reciting the slogan “Satyamev Jayate”.

Wankhede contended that the gesture was a grave violation of the provisions of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.

Wankhede alleged that the series also violated provisions of the Information Technology Act...

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