A criminal case was registered against Thakkar on Friday by the Thane Police after he had alleged involvement of close aide of NCP leaders in the Dwarka drug bust earlier this month.
In his efforts to cast aspersions on the integrity of Mumbai NCB’s Zonal director Sameer Wankhede, Malik has arguably gone beyond the usual political gimmicks. He has been frighteningly creepy about the officer’s personal life, sharing details of his private life that evidently have little connection with the drugs probe underway.
Japanese ambassador to India, Suzuki Satoshi in a letter dated February 17, 2021, wrote to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray expressing concern over the expected ‘cash crunch’. The CM is yet to respond to it.