Prabhakar
Sail,
a
witness
of
the
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
(NCB)
in
the
Cordella
cruise
case
involving
Bollywood
superstar
Shah
Rukh
Khan's
son
Aryan
Khan,
died
of
a
heart
attack
at
his
residence
in
Mumbai.
He
was
37.
ANI
tweeted,
"Mumbai
|
NCB's
panch
witness
in
Cordelia
cruise
drug
case,
Prabhakar
Sail
died
yesterday.
As
per
his
lawyer
Tushar
Khandare,
he
died
of
a
heart
attack
at
his
residence
in
Mahul
area
of
Chembur
yesterday."
For
the
unversed,
Sail
who
claimed
to
be
the
bodyguard
of
another
NCB
witness
KP
Gosavi,
had
alleged
extortion
by
NCB
officials
after
Aryan
Khan
was
arrested
during
a
raid
on
a
Goa-bound
cruise
off
the
Mumbai
coast
on
October
3
last
year.
The
NCB
had
informed
the
court
that
Sail
had
turned
hostile
and
his
affidavit
was
still
pending
before
the
court,
stated
a
report
in
Hindustan
Times.
Earlier,
a
Special
Narcotics
Drugs
and
Psychotropic
Substances
(NDPS)
court
had
granted
a
60-days
extension
to
the
Special
Investigating
Team
(SIT)
of
the
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
(NCB)
to
file
a
charge
sheet
in
the
Cordelia
cruise
drug
case.
However,
SIT
investigating
the
case
had
appealed
to
Mumbai
Sessions
Court
for
a
extension
of
90
days
in
filing
a
chargesheet.