According to evidence shown in court, Shah Rukh Khan often sent emotional messages to Sameer Wankhede, the former zonal director of the Mumbai Narcotics Control Bureau, in their claimed discussions from 2021. Shah Rukh begged Wankhede to be kind with his son Aryan Khan, who was detained in the drugs-on-cruise case two years ago, during their discussions.
The following are the top 10 conversations highlights:
Aryan will make them proud, according to Shah Rukh
“I will make sure that he turns out to be someone that you and I are both proud of. This incident will prove to be a turning point in his life I promise, in a good way.”
Shah Rukh is pleased, offers to give Wankhede a hug
“God bless you. I have to come personally whenever you say and give a hug to you. Let me please know whenever it’s convenient for you. Really I have always had the highest regard for your uprightness and now it has increased manifolds. Big respect,” the actor penned.
Shah Rukh requests Wankhede to act and help ‘without losing integrity’
The actor affirms that the, “If in any way without losing your integrity as an officer of law, you can help with whatever manner possible please. I will always be indebted.”
Shah Rukh Khan ensures Aryan’s involvement is minuscule
Shah Rukh averred, “You know his part is minuscule in it. All he needs is reformation and for that he has had his quota and I will also follow suit with what we talked in terms of making him a better person.”
I beg you to go slow
“Please I beg you. Get your guys to go slow for Gods sake. I swear I will stand by you for all times to come and assist you with what all you are trying to achieve good. It’s a man’s promise and you know me enough to know I am good for it,” Shah Rukh appeals.
‘My son has been a bit wayward’
“I beg you please have mercy in me and my family. We are a simple set of people and my son has been a bit wayward but he doesn’t deserve being in a jail like a hardened criminal. You also know that. Please have a heart man please I beg you,” he mentioned.
He affirms ‘I love my children just like you do yours’
“Please don’t break our heart today my man. Please It’s a father to father request I love my children just like you do yours and exterior forces cannot be allowed to cloud a father to father feeling please,” he said.
‘I am a kind and gentle person’
“I am a kind and gentle person Sameer please don’t let my faith break in you and the system. Please it will shatter us as a family,” he averred.
Think of Aryan as your own
“You have noticed my behaviour through all this. You know I would never stand by anything against what you are doing. I believed it when you said you are thinking of Aryan as your own and want to make him a better person.”
“I have just believed in your goodness”
“I haven’t done anything to not help my son get that reformation. I haven’t been in press. I haven’t made a statement. I have just believed in your goodness. Please please don’t let me down as a father,” Shah Rukh adds.
The chats were made public in a report published by Free Press Journal.
After the NCB failed to establish the validity of the charges against Aryan Khan, the man was taken into custody in October 2021 and held for about a month in a Mumbai jail until being released on bail.
The NCB handed the actor’s son an impeccable report of health in May of last year. No narcotics were allegedly discovered on him, and NCB chief SN Pradhan acknowledged “irregularities” in the initial investigation, according to the agency.
This week, Wankhede was charged with trying to extort 25 crore from Shah Rukh in order to keep his son out of the lawsuit. The officer from the anti-drugs agency requested that the Bombay High Court drop the accusations (which were brought by the Central Bureau of Investigation). Although the court declined, it did provide Wankhede protection from CBI coercion, such as arrest, until Monday.