LUCKNOW: Kiran Gosavi, the private detective from Mumbai who made headlines with his selfie with Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan after his arrest by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), sent the journalists in Lucknow on a wild goose chase after he announced on Monday evening that he would surrender before the Lucknow police shortly.
Gosavi made the announcement while talking to Mumbai-based journalists on video calls. He said he was reaching Lucknow shortly and would surrender at the nearest police station. Asked which police station was closest to his then present location, he identified it as Madiaon.
What, however, left a question mark on Gosavi’s announcement was the fact that he was wanted in a case lodged with the Pune police and Lucknow Police had neither any jurisdiction nor authority to accept his surrender or custody. However, unwilling to take any chances, television news crews and local journalists gathered at Madiaon police station.
Asked why he was surrendering in Lucknow when the case had been filed with Maharashtra, KP Gosavi said he felt "threatened" and has been told that he will not be spared even if he is sent to jail.
Meanwhile, Commissioner of Police (CP), Lucknow, DK Thakur told TOI that Gosavi cannot surrender at any of the police stations in Lucknow as police in the city have no jurisdiction to take any action against him. Senior officials did not rule out the possibility of Gosavi deliberately talking about surrendering in Lucknow to deflect the focus of the police in Maharashtra.
According to reports, he has four criminal cases pending against him related to cheating (section 420 of the IPC) among other sections with the Thane, Pune and Mumbai police lodged between 2007 and 2018.
Gosavi first made headlines when he was spotted whisking away Aryan Khan like an NCB sleuth following his arrest following the raid at cruise ship in connection with possession of banned drugs. His selfie with Aryan in custody also went viral raising questions over his access to the NCB setup.
On Sunday, allegations of bribery were levelled against Gosavi by one Prabhakar Sail, who has identified himself as the private detective’s personal bodyguard and a witness of the NCB in the cruise case. Sail had claimed that he was present in a car when Gosavi had a telephonic conversation about pay-offs with one Sam D'Souza.
On Monday, NCB declared Sail as a hostile witness.
