The NIA on Saturday advised a particular court docket that it has proof to indicate that suspended Mumbai Police Assistant Inspector Sachin Waze, arrested in connection to the Mukesh Ambani home bomb scare case, had “suspiciously moved towards the scene of crime” on March 4 when Thane resident Mansukh Hiran had gone lacking.
The NIA is investigating the demise of Hiran, who went lacking days after a Scorpio automobile he was utilizing was discovered parked exterior the Ambani residence in south Mumbai with gelatin sticks and a risk letter on February 25. His physique was recovered from a creek in Kalwa on March 5.
The company didn’t specify the spot in its software introduced earlier than the court docket, which prolonged Waze’s NIA custody until April 7.
“We have analysed the IPDR (Internet Protocol Data Record), which shows the accused (Waze) suspiciously moved towards the scene of offence on March 4,” Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, showing for NIA, stated.
The NIA has taken over Hiran’s homicide probe from the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad. Alleging Waze’s involvement within the case, the central company has claimed that he was a part of a gathering the place a conspiracy was hatched to kill Hiran.
The NIA on Saturday sought six extra days of Waze’s custody, claiming that it’s probing leads within the case.
Singh advised the court docket that an account in a personal financial institution at Versova in Andheri, co-owned by Waze and an confederate who can also be a suspect within the case, had been cleared 5 days after his arrest on March 13. The account had Rs 26.5 lakh until March 8. On March 18, it was emptied together with the locker, with just a few paperwork left behind, he added. Singh claimed that NIA is investigating whether or not any incriminating paperwork or articles had been faraway from the locker.
Waze’s lawyer Aabad Ponda denied that any such account was held by him and searched for the NIA to submit proof of a checking account opening type, which might present his signature and {photograph}.
Following this, the NIA submitted a letter containing details about the checking account for the particular decide’s perusal however stated that it couldn’t be proven to the accused at this stage.
Ponda, in the meantime, alleged that NIA had planted proof – together with laptops, CPUs, DVRs that retailer CCTV footage and quantity plates of autos – recovered from Mithi river final month. Ponda stated the river was accessible to all and the recoveries made have been “foisted” on Waze.
The NIA additionally claimed that it had discovered a passport belonging to an unknown particular person in the course of the search of Waze’s residence.