Rajat Bedi breaks silence on Sameer Wankhede’s defamation suit against The Ba***ds of Bollywood: ‘Aryan Khan has gone…’

Rajat Bedi with Shah Rukh Khan and Aryan Khan

Sameer Wankhede, former Mumbai Regional Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), had filed a defamation case against Netflix and Red Chillies Entertainment (owned by Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan) over the serial The Ba***ds of Bollywood, which was written and directed by Aryan Khan in his Bollywood debut.

Rajat Bedi, who made a big comeback with the show, took up the entire controversy and expressed his views on it. Speaking to ANI, Bedi said, “Sameer ji represents the government and Aryan is our child but I wouldn’t say anything. The thing is the government is doing its job but at the same time Aryan is a child and he is just growing up. Whatever happened, he went through a difficult phase. I don’t have much comment. I can’t say anything but I think he went through some difficult things somewhere and I don’t think it should happen like this. It happened this way but that’s all. I don’t want to say anything else.”

The Jaani Dushman actor was referring to the 25 days Aryan Khan spent in jail after the Sameer Wankhede-led team arrested him for allegedly using and possessing drugs during a cruise party in Mumbai in 2021. After being released on bail, Aryan was cleared of all charges and Wankhede was charged with corruption and extortion.

In The Ba**ds of Bollywood, Aryan criticized Sameer for involving an unnamed police officer who bears an eerie resemblance to the former NCB officer, who is part of the ‘NCG’ and wants to bring down Bollywood in its war on drugs. However, Sameer filed a civil defamation lawsuit against Netflix and Red Chillies Entertainment for “the negative portrayal of anti-drug enforcement agencies and thus the undermining of public trust in law enforcement.” The case will be heard in the Delhi High Court on October 30.

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