Antilia bomb scare: Car, gelatin sticks found near Mukesh Ambani’s house sent for forensic test
Mumbai Police have sent for forensic evaluation of the automobile and gelatin sticks found in it near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence right here final month, officers mentioned on Sunday.
The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) at Kalina in Mumbai will examine the automobile for any blood stain, hair or another clue to assist determine the one that drove it and people current within the car when it was parked near Ambani’s residence, an official mentioned.
The lab will submit its report back to police in every week, he mentioned.
The automobile, a Scorpio, with 20 gelatin sticks inside was found near ‘Antilia’, Ambani’s multi-storey residence in south Mumbai, on February 25. Police had mentioned the car was stolen from Airoli-Mulund Bridge on February 18.
The car and the gelatin sticks had been sent to the forensic lab on Friday, an FSL official mentioned.
The lab will discover out what was the share of gelatin within the sticks, the official mentioned.
The FSL, with the assistance of consultants, can even attempt to discover out if the chassis variety of the automobile was modified, to assist determine the true proprietor of the car and in whose identify it was registered, he mentioned.
The forensic lab has taken the case on precedence and can submit its report in every week, the official mentioned.
The FSL’s common analytical division, and the DNA and physics departments will work on the case, he added.
Automobile equipment seller Mansukh Hiren (46), who was in possession of the car, was found lifeless in a creek in neighbouring Thane on Friday morning.
Prior to his dying, Hiren had mentioned in an announcement recorded by police that when he was on the way in which from his store in Thane to Crawford Market in south Mumbai for some work on February 17, the car’s steering received jammed.
He left the automobile on service street in Vikhroli and took a cab, he mentioned.
After ending work, he met a buddy and returned to Thane in his automobile, he informed police. The subsequent day he found that the Scorpio was lacking and lodged a police criticism, Hiren had informed the media.
While the police had maintained that Hiren owned the automobile, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh mentioned within the state Assembly on Friday that he was not the proprietor.
The actual proprietor had handed it over to Hiren for some inside work, Deshmukh mentioned.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has taken over the probe into all the matter. The viscera of Hiren has additionally been sent for forensic evaluation, police mentioned on Saturday.
The post-mortem report of Hiren reserved the opinion on the reason for dying, officers earlier mentioned.
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