Bhubaneswar/ Mumbai, Nov 6: Odisha cadre IPS officer Sanjay Kumar Singh will head the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in probing drugs case linked to Aryan Khan.

Sources said, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has transferred six cases including the Aryan Khan drugs case from Mumbai Zone headed by Sameer Wankhede to the SIT.

Singh was handed over the case after the NCB initiated an inquiry against Wankhede on allegations of corruption. He is on central deputation since January 2021.

He joined the NCB as the Deputy Director General (DDG) this year.

Singh has served in different ranks with Odisha Police and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Moreover, Singh will also probe into a drugs case in which Bollywood actor Armaan Kohli was arrested by the NCB on August 28 for possessing 1.3 gram of cocaine.