India, Oct. 8 -- The Delhi High Court has issued summons in former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer Sameer Wankhede's Rs.2 crore defamation suit against Netflix, Red Chillies Entertainment, and several tech giants over their alleged portrayal of him in the Netflix series The Ba***ds of Bollywood.

Sameer, who gained national attention in 2021 after leading the controversial "drugs-on-cruise" raid that saw Aryan Khan, son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, arrested, has claimed that the series is a deliberate attempt to malign his image.

The new legal battle comes after viewers noticed a character in Aryan's directorial debut The Ba***ds of Bollywood-produced by Red Chillies Entertainment-bearing a strong resemblance to Sameer. The show, whic...