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Kiran Gosavi, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)'s 'independent witness' in the Mumbai drugs-on-cruise case, has been sent to eight-day police custody by a city court, reported ANI.
Gosavi was arrested at the Faraskhana Police Station, Pune on Thursday, 28 October,
"Kiran Gosavi was detained from outskirts of Pune in connection with a cheating case. The process to formally arrest him is underway," Amitabh Gupta, Commissioner of Police, Pune City, had said earlier during the day.
Gosavi’s name had made headlines after his selfie with Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, purportedly clicked at the NCB's office, had gone viral.
Following this, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson Nawab Malik had alleged that two civilians, including Gosavi, were seen bringing Khan in to the NCB's office. He questioned Gosavi's presence at the NCB office since Gosavi is not an officer.
Gosavi Releases Video
Prior to being detained, Gosavi had released a video, in which he had said that Prabhakar Sail was lying.
"All I want to request is his CDR report must be released. Whatever offers he has received will be clear. My CDR report or chats can be released, Prabhakar Sail and his brother's CDR reports as well as chats should also be released," he said.
He further said that at least one minister or any leader of Opposition from Maharashtra must stand with him and should request the Mumbai Police to release the information he had asked for.
Attempt To Surrender at Lucknow
Gosavi, who was absconding since his selfie went viral, had announced on 25 October that he would surrender at Madiyaon police station 'any moment'.
However, Lucknow Police Commissioner DK Thakur had said that Gosavi could not surrender in the city 'because the Lucknow police station does not have the jurisdiction to take any action against him.'
According to NDTV, Gosavi, the NCB's 'independent witness' in the case, had said he would surrender in Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) and not in Maharashtra as he felt "threatened" in Maharashtra.
Gosavi Travels to Pune
Further, on Wednesday, Gosavi had travelled to Pune and had told a news channel that he would be appearing before the NCB officers who were conducting an internal inquiry against Sameer Wankhede in Mumbai, following which he planned to surrender to Pune Police, Indian Express reported.
However, Pune Police's Crime Branch nabbed Gosavi before he could go to Mumbai.
Earlier, an independent witness Prabhakar Sail, who claims to be a personal bodyguard to Gosavi, had 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.
Gosavi was absconding in a cheating case registered with Faraskhana police of Pune city. The case was registered in 2018 under section 419, 420 and relevant sections of the IT Act. In 2019, Pune city police had declared him wanted in the case but he had gone missing since then.
On 14 October, after Gosavi was spotted in connection to the drugs case, Pune city police had issued a look out circular against him and around four different teams were tailing him.
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