Caste row: Sameer Wankhede calls on NCSC chief, thanks him for getting his name cleared

"I fought for 11 months, my whole family suffered in the process but all I want to say is 'Satyamev Jayate'. I thank Vijay Sampla for his role in expediting (the process)...," he said.

|Aug 16, 2022, 15:09:13 IST

New Delhi: IRS officer Sameer Wankhede, who was accused of submitting a fake caste certificate to get a government job, called on National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) chairperson Vijay Sampla on Tuesday and thanked him for expeditiously clearing his name in the case.

After the meeting, Wankhede, a former head of the Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai zone, said he feels vindicated that his name has been cleared.

"I fought for 11 months, my whole family suffered in the process but all I want to say is 'Satyamev Jayate'. I thank Vijay Sampla for his role in expediting (the process)...," he said.

Maharashtra's district caste certificate verification committee in its order on Friday said the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer was not a Muslim by birth and it has been proven that he belonged to Mahar caste, which is a Scheduled Caste (SC).

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