: Former anti-drugs agency officer Sameer Wankhede files defamation case against Nawab Malik #IndiaNEWS Indian Revenue Service officer Sameer Wankhede on Sunday filed a defamation case against former

Former anti-drugs agency officer Sameer Wankhede files defamation case against Nawab Malik #IndiaNEWS
Indian Revenue Service officer Sameer Wankhede on Sunday filed a defamation case against former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik, PTI reported. Wankhede was a zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau’s Mumbai office till December 31. He had multiple run-ins with the former Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra, including in a case in which Malik’s son-in-law was held as an accused person.In October, Malik, a Nationalist Congress Party MLA, had accused Wankhede of using a fake caste certificate to get a government job under the Scheduled Caste category. On October 25, he had tweeted what he claimed was a copy of Wankhede’s birth certificate, which cited his religion as Muslim.Following this, two Dalit organisations – Bhim Army and Swabhimani Republican Paksh – filed a complaint against Wankhede with the Mumbai District Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee. They had urged the panel to examine the officer’s documents. On Friday, the panel cleared Wankhede of allegations of submitting a fake caste certificate. The committee held that Wankhede belongs to the Mahar caste, which falls under the Scheduled Caste category. The panel added that Wankhede was neither born a Muslim nor did he renounce Hinduism and convert to Islam.Following the panel’s order, Wankhede said that his family went through a lot trauma while fighting the case....Read more

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