Lucknow witnessed high drama around midnight on Monday, 25 October, when Kiran Gosavi, the private detective from Mumbai who made headlines with his selfie with Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan after his arrest by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), announced that he would surrender at Madiyaon police station 'any moment.'
According to NDTV, Gosavi, the NCB's 'independent witness' in the case, had said he will surrender in Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) and not in Maharashtra as he feels "threatened" in Maharashtra.
Dubbing allegations against him as “false”, KP Gosavi told ANI on Monday evening that he will surrender in half an hour outside Maharashtra.
But the expected drama ended in anti-climax when Gosavi failed to turn up. Meanwhile, Lucknow police commissioner DK Thakur said that Gosavi cannot surrender in the the city 'because the Lucknow police station does not have the jurisdiction to take any action against him'.
An unverified audio clip circulated by sources close to Gosavi, indicated the policemen at a local station in Lucknow unceremoniously turned him down, according to the report.
As the audio clip went viral, huge crowds, mainly media, started collecting at the Madiyaon police station and security was beefed up. A number of officers were seen waiting outside the building.
It was only around midnight that the crowds dispersed when the police confirmed that there would be no surrender.
The Latest Incidents
His remarks come after an independent witness Prabhakar Sail, who claims to be a personal bodyguard to Gosavi alleged that he overheard a conversation of a Rs 18-crore deal between Gosavi and one Sam D’Souza on 3 October.
Further, amid allegations of seeking Rs 25 crore and then settling at Rs 18 crore, out of which Rs 8 crore was to go to Sameer Wankhede, zonal director of the NCB Mumbai, Gosavi has claimed that he does not know the latter at all.
What Else Has Gosavi Claimed?
"I do not know Sameer Wankhede. I have only seen him on TV. I have not spoken to him since 6 October. I have not been involved in any NCB action before. I signed the panchnama in cruise drug party case only after reading everything."KP Gosavi
Gosavi also reportedly said that Aryan Khan had asked him to call his family or manager as he was sitting next to him.
Elaborating on the purported threats he has been receiving Gosavi said:
"I was in Mumbai till 6 October. I had to turn off the phone as I have been receiving constant threats."
With regard to Sail, Gosavi claims that he does know him as Sail was working for him but he is not aware of the allegations.
"I have not been in touch with him since 11 October," Gosavi added.
The Allegations
Sail stated in his affidavit that Gosavi said they will have to give Rs 8 crore to Wankhade, according to an NDTV report.
Furthermore, Sail has claimed that Gosavi, Sam D'Souza, and Shah Rukh Khan's manager Pooja Dadlani, had a 15-minute meeting inside a car on the evening of the raid.
Sail also claims to have received two bags of cash containing Rs 38 lakh, following Gosavi's instructions, which he handed to Sam D'Souza.
(With inputs from NDTV, ANI and IANS.)
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