NCB Zonal Head Faces FIR After Businessman's Suicide; Officer Denies Wrongdoing

• An FIR has been registered against NCB Zonal Head Amit Ghawate, officer Akash Malik, and Belapur Anti-Narcotics Cell officer Sandip Nigade following a businessman's suicide.
• The businessman's wife, Kiran Chichkar, alleged that the officers demanded Rs 10-15 crore and threatened to implicate their children in false cases.
• The deceased left a suicide note blaming sustained pressure from the officers for his extreme step; police invoked sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
• The case is linked to an earlier NCB probe into an alleged drug network involving Navin Gurunath Chichkar, who was deported from Malaysia.
• NCB Zonal Head Amit Ghawate denied wrongdoing, stating the agency acted within legal frameworks and that the investigation was conducted as per law.