New Delhi: In the Mukesh Ambani Bomb menace case, The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested Mumbai Police officer Sachin Vaze, who has been going through warmth within the loss of life case of Mansukh Hiran.
After questioning him for over 13 hours the NIA arrested the highest cop in reference to the bomb scare at Mukesh Ambani’s Antilia residence.
The NIA spokesperson stated Vaze has been arrested allegedly “for his role and involvement in placing explosives-laden vehicle near Carmichael road” on February 25.
NIA has additionally seized Vaze’s SUV and is inspecting the automobile for clues.
The NIA spokesperson stated Waze has been arrested allegedly “for his role and involvement in placing explosives-laden vehicle near Carmichael road” on February 25.
The case was handed over to the NIA after the mysterious loss of life of a Thane-based businessman Mansukh Hiran, who had claimed that the car had been stolen per week earlier. His physique was present in a creek at Thane on March 5.
Hiran’s spouse had claimed that her husband had given the SUV to Vaze in November, which the officer returned within the first week of February.
During his questioning by the ATS, Vaze had denied utilizing the SUV that was in possession of Hiran.
Vaze has been booked below Sections 120 (B) for prison conspiracy; 286 for negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance; 465 for forgery; 473 for making or possessing counterfeit seal and 506(2) for prison intimidation.
Earlier on Saturday, earlier than heading to the NIA workplace, Sachin Vaze posted a cryptic WhatsApp standing claiming that he’s being falsely implicated within the case and that the “time to say goodbye” to the world is getting nearer.
“3rd March 2004. Fellow officers from the CID arrested me in a false case. That arrest inconclusive to date. Sensing history is going to repeat. My fellow officers are on to falsely trap me. There’s a slight difference in the scenario. Then probably I had 17 years of hope, patience, life, and service too. Now I will have neither 17 years of further life nor service nor patience to live. I think the time to say goodbye to the world is coming closer,” the standing learn.
On Friday, Vaze was moved out from the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the Mumbai Police Crime Branch to the Special Branch amid allegations linked to his position within the bomb scare and the alleged homicide of Thane resident Mansukh Hiren.
BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis alleged that Vaze knew Hiren they usually had spoken over the cellphone earlier final yr. After Hiren’s loss of life got here to mild, Fadnavis learn out a press release within the Maharashtra Assembly of the deceased’s spouse Vimla through which she alleged that Vaze was linked to her husband’s loss of life.
On February 25, the Scorpio was discovered close to Ambani’s residence Antilia with explosives and a menace letter inside. While police have additionally tracing hyperlinks of this case to Indian Mujaheedin, the case received murkier after Hiren’s loss of life
