MUMBAI: Prabhakar Sail, bodyguard to witness in the drug bust case K P Gosavi, was given police protection by the MVA government a day after he filed an affidavit levelling serious allegations, including a payoff to NCB zonal chief Sameer Wankhede, in the cruise liner drug raid that led to the arrest of actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan.
In another development, Gosavi, who had gone into hiding since NCP minister Nawab Malik said he had criminal cases registered against him, surfaced on Monday and denied all allegations, including those of extortion.
Gosavi was quoted by ANI as saying he would surrender “in half an hour outside Maharashtra”. He also denied meeting Shah Rukh’s manager Pooja Dadlani—one of the claims made by Sail.