Mumbai: Prabhakar Sail, an independent witness of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the drugs-on-cruise case involving Aryan Khan, died of a heart attack, police said on Saturday. Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil said the death seemed suspicious and he has ordered Director General of Police Rajnish Seth to conduct a probe.
"Prabhakar Sail, 37, died of a heart attack at his house in Mahul (in Mumbai) on Friday evening," a police official said earlier in the day. He was rushed to the civic-run Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar where he was declared brought dead, the official added. "The sudden death of Sail looks suspicious and I have ordered the DGP to probe the matter," Walse-Patil told reporters.
Police initiated a probe by registering an Accidental Death Report at suburban RCF Police Station. Sail was living in a rented house in Mahul area for the last few days, said a senior police official, adding it was not immediately known why he had shifted there. Sail's lawyer Tushar Khandare confirmed that he suffered a heart attack, and said Sail's family members do not suspect foul play.