MUMBAI, April 28 -- Two former officers of the Narcotics Control of Bureau (NCB) - a former intelligence officer and a former special public prosecutor - have been booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for alleged misconduct, which led to the discharge of three individuals in a money laundering case relating to the seizure of 200kg of cocaine at the Nhava Sheva port in Navi Mumbai in 2006. The officers booked are the NCB's former intelligence officer K Babu and its former special public prosecutor in the office of the zonal director, NCB (Mumbai), A Sarpande. The three individuals discharged are businessmen U Bangur, O Nagoja and V Thorve. All three had been discharged by a special NDPS court in 2015-19 on the basis of a letter written by Babu and factually incorrect legal opinion provided by Sarpande. The case was registered on April 10 after the CBI conducted a preliminary enquiry into the misconduct allegations, based on a 2025 reference from NCB director-genral Anurag Garg, CBI officials said. The First Information Report (FIR) states that Bangur and the other two accused were able to secure discharge in money laundering proceedings on the basis of a letter allegedly written by Babu to Bangur, who had sought an update on the status of the NCB's 2006 case. In his letter, Babu wrote that "as on date no litigation is pending in the present case before any court of law". Not only was this factually incorrect, the letter was written without approval from any superior officer. After the discharge of the three accused in 2015-19, the accused prosecutor A Sarpande in September 2019, gave legal opinion recommending against filing appeals against Bangur and Thorve's discharge. The FIR also alleges that Bangur, in connivance with Babu, requested the NCB on May 12, 2022, for an update on the NCB case. Though Babu was not the investigating officer of the case, he allegedly sought the legal opinion of Sarpande, who again provided incorrect information....