The National Investigation Agency has seized a black Mercedes, which was allegedly driven by suspended Mumbai Police officer Sachin Vaze, ...
The National Investigation Agency has seized a black Mercedes, which was allegedly driven by suspended Mumbai Police officer Sachin Vaze, reported NDTV on Wednesday. The central agency is investigating the case of an SUV found with explosives near the residence of Reliance Industries chairperson Mukesh Ambani last month.
“We have recovered the number plate that was on the Scorpio car [found outside the residence of Mukesh Ambani], over Rs 5 Lakh in cash, a note-counting machine and some clothes…Sachin Vaze used to drive this car,” senior NIA officer Anil Shukla told reporters. “The ownership of the car is under investigation.”
The SUV laden with explosives was found outside near Ambani’s residence on February 25. It also had a note threatening the industrialist and his wife Neeta Ambani, according to NDTV. The car belonged to auto parts dealer Mansukh Hiran, who had filed a stolen report with the police on February 17.
Hiran was found dead in a creek near Mumbai on March 5. His wife has alleged that Vaze, the first investigating officer in the bomb scare case, had used the car for four months and returned it on February 5. She has also accused Vaze of having a role in her husband’s death.
After the bomb scare case was transferred to the central agency, it...
