Aryan Khan is in discussion about his Netflix series ‘The Bads of Bollywood’. Recently, IRS officer Sameer Wankhede had accused Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment and Netflix a defamation suit, accusing him of being a mockery in this series. Now an old video of director Anurag Kashyap has gone viral. In this, he is talking about Sameer Wankhede.
Anurag Kashyap attacked Wankhede
In an interview given in 2021, Anurag Kashyap spoke openly about his previous encounters with Sameer Wankhede. This video has started wandering on social media again after sueing Wankhede’s defamation. Anurag Kashyap had said, ‘Everyone has a very bad experience with Sameer Wankhede.’
Questioning the information leaked in the Aryan Khan case, he asked, “Why is it that some news media gets information about the investigation before the NCB officially issued?” And then NCB denies it. Have you seen this agenda? The officer in charge of the investigation is Sameer Wankhede.
Recalling his experience, Kashyap claimed, ‘Sameer Wankhede is the same person who was with service tax in customs. He loves to attack Bollywood. He was the same person who freeze my bank account for two years. When I dragged them to court, my bank account was defined 15 minutes before the court hearing, after harassing me for two years. I was clearly told that I was being used as an example. This article was printed in Mumbai Mirror.
He further said, ‘Search this person, he is always connected to Bollywood. You will see any media report, you will find Sameer Wankhede making a statement. He loves to make a statement. When asked if the film industry was in danger of Wankhede, Kashyap replied, ‘No, it is not just a matter of one person, it is being used. I think everyone is being used. This is a way to wander people. After this, he had accused the government and said that the government is using Wankhede to wander people from real issues.
Wankhede tried for defamation
Please tell that Sameer Wankhede filed a defamation case against Red Chillies Entertainment Private Limited, Netflix and others in the Delhi High Court. He alleged that Aryan Khan’s show ‘The Bads of Bollywood’ has been taught as well as him. This is a false, malicious and derogatory video. Along with raising the demand to delete the scene, he had also demanded a compensation of Rs 2 crore, which he will donate to a cancer hospital.
On September 26, the petition of Wankhede was heard in the Delhi High Court and he was reprimanded. Justice Purushendra Kumar Kaurav asked Wankhede’s lawyer how this petition is maintained in Delhi. The court said, ‘Your petition letter is not maintained in Delhi. I am dismissing your petition. If your case would have been that you have been maligned in various places, including Delhi, and the most loss in Delhi, then we could have considered this matter in Delhi.
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