IRS officer Sameer Wankhede has petitioned the Bombay High Court, seeking the transfer of a defamation case he registered against NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) candidate Nawab Malik in 2022 to the CBI. Wankhede, through advocate Sana Raees Khan, requested a court-monitored investigation, expressing dissatisfaction that Malik had not been arrested by Mumbai Police despite an FIR.