His lawyer said that Sail, 36, died of heart attack at his home.
In the drugs case linked to Aryan Khan, Shah Rukh Khan’s son, a witness of the probe agency Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Prabhakar Sail, died on Friday. Sail, 36, died of a heart attack at his home, according to his lawyer.
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.