Sameer Wankhede Biography

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Sameer Wankhede : KEY FACTS

Birthday

Dec 14, 1979

Profession

Bureaucrat & Revenue Service officer

Birth Place

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Age

45 Years

Sameer Wankhede is a famous Indian Bureaucrat & Revenue Service officer, who was born on Dec 14, 1979 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Find Sameer Wankhede age, wife, net worth, height, weight, education, career, family, images, biography & more updates. Get information about Sameer Wankhede’s all key achievements or accomplishments, including professional and personal life detail.

Personal Profile About Sameer Wankhede

Sameer Wankhede is an Indian Revenue Services Officer. Sameer joined the IRS back in 2008 batch and has also served in various departments, Including Customs, NIA and the Air intelligence Unit. Sameer came in limelight back in 2021 when he led the high-profile investigation of Mumbai cruise drug bust, in which Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan was involved.

Sameer Wankhede Wife

Sameer Wankhede wife is Kranti Redkar, a well-known Marathi actress, filmmaker and a prominent television personality. The couple got married in 2017 in a Hindu Marriage ceremony, since then they have remained supportive of each other during all ups and downs, especially during periods of intense media scrutiny related to Sameer’s high-profile cases. The couple got married under the Hindu marriage act and have publicly stated that they are practicing Hindus and have not converted religiously at any point.

Sameer Wankhede Religion

Sameer Wankhede religion has been a topic of political and public discussion, during his involvement in high profile cases like Aryan Khan drug case. Sameer was born in a mixed religion family, his father is Dnyandev Wankhede, who’s a Hindu Dalit, on the other hand his mother, Zahed was a Muslim. Sameer was raised in a Secular household but identifies himself as a Hindu and has been consistently affirmed by him and his current wife. Although his first marriage was registered under Special Marriage Act, which allows interfaith marriage without religious conversion, his second marriage to Kranti Redkar was under the Hindu Marriage Act.

Sameer Wankhede First Wife

Sameer Wankhede first wife was Dr. Shabana Qureshi, she’s a medical professional. They married in 2006 under the special Marriage Act. Their marriage ended on a divorce. Shabana’s father, Dr. Zahid Qureshi has publicly told that Sameer was a practicing Muslim when he married Shabana and was unaware of Sameer’s Hindu identity. Their marriage was conducted according to Islamic rituals and the nikah-nama has Sameer’s signatures on it.

Sameer Wankhede Age

Sameer Wankhede age currently is 45 Years, as he was born on 14 December, 1979. Sameer belongs to a middle class family in Mumbai. He pursued his education from the University of Mumbai, earning a Bachelors of Arts in 2001 and a Bachelors in Law after that. Sameer joined the IRS back in 2008 after clearing UPSC with an All India rank of 561.