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Vaze applied for interim relief, which was rejected by the Sessions court in Thane. After questioning him for over 12 hours, he was arrested by [[National Investigation Agency]] on 13 March for his role and involvement in placing the explosives-laden vehicle near Carmichael Road on February 25.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/ambani-security-scare-nia-arrests-mumbai-cop-sachin-vaze-7227235/|title=Ambani security scare: NIA arrests Mumbai cop Sachin Vaze|work=The Indian Express|date=14 March 2021|location=Mumbai}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/full-blown-political-slugfest-over-sachin-vaze-in-maharashtra-226018|title=Full-blown political slugfest over Sachin Vaze in Maharashtra|work=Tribune News Service|date=16 March 2021}}</ref> The NIA searched his office and seized documents and electronic devices. They also seized a Mercedes car that was being used by Waze, which contained ₹5 lakh cash, a counting machine and the original licence plates of the Scorpio. An Assistant Police Inspector Riyazuddin Kazi is being investigated who had removed a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) of CCTVs from the housing society in Thane where he lived.<ref>{{cite web|author=Manish Pathak, Anamika Gharat|date=March 17, 2021|title=After raid at Vaze’s office, NIA says he hid evidence|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/after-raid-at-vaze-s-office-nia-says-he-hid-evidence-101615918684364.html|url-status=live|publisher=Hindustan Times}}</ref> | Vaze applied for interim relief, which was rejected by the Sessions court in Thane. After questioning him for over 12 hours, he was arrested by [[National Investigation Agency]] on 13 March for his role and involvement in placing the explosives-laden vehicle near Carmichael Road on February 25.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/ambani-security-scare-nia-arrests-mumbai-cop-sachin-vaze-7227235/|title=Ambani security scare: NIA arrests Mumbai cop Sachin Vaze|work=The Indian Express|date=14 March 2021|location=Mumbai}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/full-blown-political-slugfest-over-sachin-vaze-in-maharashtra-226018|title=Full-blown political slugfest over Sachin Vaze in Maharashtra|work=Tribune News Service|date=16 March 2021}}</ref> The NIA searched his office and seized documents and electronic devices. They also seized a Mercedes car that was being used by Waze, which contained ₹5 lakh cash, a counting machine and the original licence plates of the Scorpio. An Assistant Police Inspector Riyazuddin Kazi is being investigated who had removed a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) of CCTVs from the housing society in Thane where he lived.<ref>{{cite web|author=Manish Pathak, Anamika Gharat|date=March 17, 2021|title=After raid at Vaze’s office, NIA says he hid evidence|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/after-raid-at-vaze-s-office-nia-says-he-hid-evidence-101615918684364.html|url-status=live|publisher=Hindustan Times}}</ref> | ||
Vaze's supervisor, [[Param Bir Singh]], who had worked closely with him, was removed from his post of Mumbai Police Commissioner. Singh claimed in a detailed letter to the Maharashtra Chief Minister, that Vaze was involved in a scheme to collect ₹100 crore from businesses in Mumbai per month as demanded by the Maharashtra home minister [[Anil Deshmukh]].<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/param-bir-singh-letter-maharashtra-cm-uddhav-thackeray-full-text-1781642-2021-03-20 Full text of ex-Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh's sensational letter to CM Uddhav Thackeray, India Today, March 20, 2021]</ref><ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/anil-deshmukh-minister-in-eye-of-storm-7237706/ Anil Deshmukh: The rise and fall of Maharashtra’s unique statesman, Zeeshan Shaikh, Indian Express, March 21, 2021]</ref> Deshmukh's office denied the claim and stated that Param Bir Singh made false allegations against him to save himself from legal action.<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/maharashtra-home-minister-anil-deshmukh-rubbishes-param-bir-singh-s-extortion-claims-101616248976454.html Param Bir Singh alleges Deshmukh asked Vaze to extort ₹100 cr; minister denies, Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, MAR 20, 2021]</ref><ref>[https://www.tv9hindi.com/state/maharashtra/former-mumbai-commissioner-parmbir-singh-letter-raised-several-questions-on-anil-deshmukh-587280.html क्या मनसुख हिरेन केस NIA के पास जाने से महाराष्ट्र की राजनीति में मची हलचल?, Shivangi Thakur, TV9,21 March 21]</ref> | |||
Devendra Fadnavis claimed that Vaze and Param Bir Singh were just pawns in the hands of the current Maha Vikas Aghadi (a coalition of NCP, Shiv Sena and Indian National Congress) state government.<ref>[https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/fadnavis-mansukh-hiren-was-murdered-top-cops-buried-evidence-to-save-political-bosses-in-ambani-case/articleshow/81562049.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Fadnavis: Mansukh Hiren was murdered, top cops buried evidence, Mumbai Mirror, Mar 18, 2021]</ref> | |||
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