Former Zonal Director at the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Sameer Wankhede, has filed a defamation suit in the Delhi High Court against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment and streaming platform Netflix over an allegedly problematic portrayal of the anti-narcotics agency.

The petition seeks relief in the form of a permanent and mandatory injunction, a declaration, and damages amounting to Rs 2 crore for the "false, malicious, and defamatory" portrayal of the NCB in the Netflix series The Ba***ds of Bollywood, directed by Aryan Khan.

According to the petition, the series "disseminates a misleading and negative portrayal of anti-drug enforcement agencies, thereby eroding public confidence in law enforcement institutions."

Wankhede, who headed an investigation a

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