NCB’s Sameer Wankhede on drug busts in B'town

He’s an elusive man. And it comes with the territory. Sameer Wankhede is the Zonal Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and a name that’s instantly identifiable with the Sushant Singh Rajput drugs case and of course now with the Aryan Khan case. There’s a growing notion that the NCB is targeting Bollywood celebrities and gunning for the lives of the rich and famous. It’s the proverbial elephant in the room and in a rare and fortuitous moment, Wankhede culls out five brisk minutes from his never-ending crusade against crime to address the allegations and put forth the views of the law and enforcement agencies. Excerpts from a conversation about the real truth behind the drugs busts in Bollywood