NIA National Investigation Agency has arrested Maharashtra Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze for his alleged involvement in placing an explosives-laden car near the residence of Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani recently. He was taken into custody late last night at the end of around 12 hours of questioning at the agency’s office in the state capital. He was brought to the premise again in the morning.
Later, he was produced before an NIA special court which remanded him to custody till March 25.
Vaze is also under scanner by the Maharashtra ATS Anti-Terrorism Squad in connection with two other related cases, first involving the death of Mansukh Hiran, Thane-based businessman to whom the car found on Mumbai’s Carmichael Road on February 25 was found. The second relates to the same car’s theft as reported on February 17 by the auto parts dealer. The officer had allegedly borrowed the SUV for around four months till he returned it on February 5, according to Hiran’s wife who also alleged his involvement in her husband’s death.
