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SUV case | NIA recreates crime scene with Sachin Vaze near Ambani’s house ‘Antilia’

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The scene was recreated late on Friday night, in which Sachin Vaze was asked to walk there for some time wearing a white kurta, a police official said

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) took suspended Mumbai police officer Sachin Vaze to the spot where the explosives-laden Scorpio was found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence in Mumbai last month, and recreated the crime scene as part of its probe into the case, a police official said on Saturday.

The scene was recreated late on Friday night, in which Vaze was asked to walk there for some time wearing a white kurta, he said.

The NIA suspects that the person wearing a kurta, who was captured on the CCTV footage recorded at the spot – Carmichael Road – on the day of incident was Vaze, although it is being confirmed, officials had earlier said.

“A number of NIA officers on Friday night reached the place where the SUV was found near Ambani’s house. The road was barricaded for some time and the crime scene was recreated as part of the investigation,” the official said.

Vaze and the investigators were present at the spot for more than 30 minutes, he added.

“During the crime scene, the suspended assistant police inspector (Vaze) was asked to walk there for some time wearing a white kurta,” he said.

The entire process of reconstruction of the crime scene was video-recorded, the official said, adding that local police were also deployed at the spot.

The Scorpio was found parked near Ambani’s multi-storey residence ‘Antilia’ with gelatin sticks and a threat letter on February 25. Vaze was arrested by the NIA in connection with the case last Saturday. He was later suspended.

Vaze, an “encounter specialist”, has also been facing heat in the murder case of Thane-based businessman Mansukh Hiran, who was in possession of that SUV. Hiran was found dead in a creek on March 5. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) is probing that case.

Hiran’s wife has accused Vaze of involvement in her husband’s suspicious death.

The NIA has so far questioned several officials of the Crime Intelligence Unit of city police, to which Vaze was attached, and seized a total of five high-end vehicles including two Mercedes cars. Vaze has been remanded in the NIA’s custody till March 25.

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Sachin Waze had faced chargesheet in 2018 for destroying proof in extortion case

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Suspended Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze, arrested earlier this week by NIA for his alleged role in the Ambani security scare, was chargesheeted in 2018 by Vasai police’s crime branch for allegedly destroying evidence in an extortion case filed on the complaint of a developer.

Waze was not part of Mumbai Police then, as he had been suspended in 2004 in connection to the custodial death of Khwaja Yunus. He was reinstated on June 5, 2020.

Vijay Sagar, DCP of Mira-Bhayandar Vasai-Virar police, said that Waze was chargesheeted for extortion. Crime branch sources said he was never arrested, as he had secured anticipatory bail. While the trial is yet to begin in the case, Waze was accused by the local crime branch of violating his anticipatory bail conditions.

According to case details, in 2017, a real estate developer had lodged a complaint at Vasai police station, alleging that a gang was extorting from him and threatening to take action against his project in Naigaon. The complainant had named Dr Anil Yadav (42) and his aide Amol Patil (46) in the FIR registered on March 26, 2017.


The modus operandi of the gang was to collect information about developers under the Right to Information Act and threaten to take action against them. The FIR says a gang member had allegedly pointed a licensed pistol owned by Yadav and threatened to kill the complainant un less he paid the extortion. The accused had allegedly demanded Rs 25 lakh and extorted Rs 2 lakh. They were threatening him for the rest of the amount, the FIR says.

“The complainant had not named Waze in the FIR. Waze’s name cropped up during investigations,m along with the name of a former corporator from Nalasopara. But the corporator was not named in the chargesheet, as there was no strong evidence,” an officer said.

Waze had allegedly helped Anil Yadav flee to Ghaziabad in 2017 and further tutored him on how to destroy evidence by throwing away his cellphone.

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Court rejects Sachin Waze’s plea against arrest | India News – Times of India

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MUMBAI: A special trial court judge on Tuesday rejected a challenge raised by suspended assistant police inspector Sachin Waze to the legality of his arrest without state consent, but allowed his lawyer to remain present during his interrogation, but at a distance and out of earshot, reports Swati Deshpande.
Special judge Prashant Sitre permitted defence advocate Sajal Yadav to “watch the proceeding from a distance or from beyond the glass partition” only when interrogation was by the investigating officer of NIA, and not otherwise. Later, Yadav watched Waze’s questioning from a distance.
Yadav tendered a photocopy of a state notification to plead that Waze’s arrest is unlawful. The court said the plea was “premature” and “can be decided at an appropriate stage”.

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Ambani security scare: NIA arrests police officer Waze after 12-hour quizzing | India News – Times of India

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MUMBAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing the last month’s recovery of an explosives- laden vehicle from outside the south Mumbai home of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, arrested Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze after quizzing him for over 12 hours on Saturday night, a spokesperson said.
Waze reached the agency’s office at Cumballa Hill in south Mumbai around 11.30 am to record his statement.
“Sachin Waze arrested at 2350 hrs in NIA Case RC/1/2021/NIA/MUM,” the NIA spokesperson said.
The NIA said Sachin Waze has been arrested for his role and involvement in placing explosives-laden vehicle near Carmichael Road on February 25.
The Scorpio found parked near Ambani’s house on Carmichael Road on February 25 contained some gelatin sticks and a threat letter.
Waze, an “encounter specialist”, has also been facing heat in the murder case of Thane-based businessman Mansukh Hiran who was in possession of this Scorpio. Hiran was found dead in a creek in Thane district on March 5.
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) is investigating the Hiran murder case. It had registered an FIR against unidentified persons days after Hiran’s body was found.
While recording Waze’s statement on Saturday, the NIA called crime branch ACP Nitin Alaknure and ATS ACP Shripad Kale to share information about the investigation done so far in the cases of recovery of the SUV and the alleged murder of Hiran.
Alaknure and Kale left the NIA office after over four hours.
Waze, accused by Hiran’s wife of involvement in her husband’s suspicious death, was shunted out of the Mumbai crime branch earlier this week.

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