On February 25, 2021, a Scorpio SUV vehicle with fake licence plates filled with gelatin sticks was placed outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence Antilia in Mumbai[1]. The owner of the car, Mansukh Hiren, who had filed a police complaint about the SUV being stolen was later found dead on March 5, 2021[2]. The leader of opposition of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis demanded the arrest of Sachin Vaze for the alleged murder of Mansukh Hiren.[3] Fadnavis claimed that Mansukh Hiren's wife suspects that Sachin Vaze killed her husband.[4] Fadnavis also claimed that the last known location of Mansukh Hiren's phone was near Shiv Sena leader Dhananjay Gawde's office.[5] Three days before his death, Mansukh Hiren, had written a letter, accusing the police of harassment. He was found dead in a creek near Thane on March 5, 2021.
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.[6][7] 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.[8]
References
- ↑ Singh, Divyesh (March 9, 2021). "Mukesh Ambani bomb threat: CCTV captures suspect parking explosive-laden SUV, man wore PPE kit". India Today. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ↑ "Ambani bomb scare: ATS registers murder case into SUV owner's death". The Times of India. March 7, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ↑ "Mumbai bomb scare: Devendra Fadnavis demands arrest of police officer Sachin Vaze in Mansukh Hiren death case". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ↑ "Mumbai bomb scare: Devendra Fadnavis demands arrest of police officer Sachin Vaze in Mansukh Hiren death case". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ↑ Sutar, Kamlesh Damodar; Shaikh, Mustafa (March 9, 2021). "Mukesh Ambani bomb scare: Fadnavis demands arrest of police officer Sachin Vaze". India Today. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ↑ "Ambani security scare: NIA arrests Mumbai cop Sachin Vaze". The Indian Express. Mumbai. 14 March 2021.
- ↑ "Full-blown political slugfest over Sachin Vaze in Maharashtra". Tribune News Service. 16 March 2021.
- ↑ Manish Pathak, Anamika Gharat (March 17, 2021). "After raid at Vaze's office, NIA says he hid evidence". Hindustan Times.
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