Odisha-cadre IPS officer Sanjay Kumar Singh will head the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is probing drugs case linked to Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has transferred six cases including Aryan Khan drug case from Mumbai Zone headed by Sameer Wankhede to the SIT.
The 1996-batch Odisha cadre IPS officer Singh was handed over the case after the NCB initiated an inquiry against Wankhede on allegations of corruption.
Singh is on central deputation to the NCB from January 2021 as the Deputy Director General (DDG).
Singh has served in different ranks with the Odisha Police and the CBI.
Prior to joining the NCB, he had headed the Drugs Task Force of the Odisha police as the ADG. During the period, he had busted several drug trafficking rackets in Bhubaneswar.
Singh had also worked with the CBI from 2008 till 2015 as DIG.
During his tenure with the CBI, he had supervised the team that probed the 2010 CWG scam.