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Former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede on Monday told the Delhi High Court that Shah Rukh Khan’s production company, Red Chillies Entertainment, had “defamed and ridiculed" him through its Netflix series ‘Ba**ds of Bollywood’, which he claimed features a character resembling him.

Appearing before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, Wankhede’s lawyer argued that the show’s makers have used the defence of satire as a shield to justify a defamatory portrayal.

“The defence of satire is not absolute," the counsel argued, asserting that the series targets a public servant and depicts him in a false and derogatory manner.

Wankhede has filed a defamation suit seeking an injunction and the takedown of scenes in the Netflix series that

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