Nationalist Congress Party leader Nawab Malik on Monday said he will complain about the National Scheduled Castes Commission vice-chairper...
Nationalist Congress Party leader Nawab Malik on Monday said he will complain about the National Scheduled Castes Commission vice-chairperson Arun Haldar’s comments on Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede, reported ANI.
Haldar, who along with members of the panel had on Sunday visited the Narcotic Control Bureau zonal director’s home to check his caste certificates, told The Indian Express that he had seen the documents and added that he believed Wankhede belongs to the Mahar caste.
After Haldar came out in support of Wankhede, Malik objected to the National Scheduled Castes Commission chairperson’s statement.
“Yesterday, chairman of the National Scheduled Castes Commission and Bharatiya Janata Party’s Arun Haldar visited Sameer Wankhede’s residence and [gave] him a clean chit,” the NCP told ANI. “He should have conducted an investigation first and submitted a detailed report. We will complain about him to the President.”
Sunday’s visit to Wankhede’s home came amid allegations that he had acquired his caste certificates illegally.
On October 27, Malik tweeted a copy of Wankhede’s purported marriage certificate, on which his name is listed as “Sameer Dawood Wankhede”. Malik alleged that Wankhede had produced a forged birth certificate to get his job under the Scheduled Caste category.
After the visit to Wankhede’s home, Haldar on Sunday questioned the reason Malik had been making allegations against the Narcotics...
