Prabhakar Sail, an independent witness of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the drugs-on-cruise case involving Aryan Khan, died of a heart attack at his residence in suburban Chembur, police said on Saturday.
"Prabhakar Sail, 37, died of a heart attack at his house in Mahul on Friday evening," a police official said.
He was rushed to the civic-run Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar, where he was declared brought dead, he said.
Sail's lawyer Tushar Khandare confirmed that Sail died after he suffered a heart attack and that his family members do not suspect any foul play.
Prabhakar Sail was said to be a key witness in the case based on a conversation he reportedly overheard, according to which a payoff of Rs. 25 crore was discussed. Of the total alleged payoff amount, Rs. 8 crore was meant for Sameer Wankhede, the officer who was earlier leading the probe by the NCB, as per the claims.
Wankhede had denied all allegations against him amid a political row; he was later transferred.
Sail was the bodyguard of KP Gosavi - another NCB witness in the drugs-on-cruise case - whose selfie with Aryan Khan had gone viral after a Goa-bound cruise ship was busted.
His employer Kiran P Gosavi had a conversation with one Sam D’Souza, Sail had claimed in his affidavit. “You put a bomb of 25 crores and let’s settle at 18 final, because we have to give 8 crores to Sameer Wankhede,” Gosavi told a certain person named Sam D’Souza," the affidavit read.
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