Suspended Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze , through his brother Sudharm Waze, has filed a habeas corpus petition in the Bombay High Court...
Suspended Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze, through his brother Sudharm Waze, has filed a habeas corpus petition in the Bombay High Court challenging his arrest by the National Investigation Agency, Live Law reported on Monday. The petition sought his immediate release from custody.
Waze was arrested on Saturday in connection with his alleged involvement in the explosives-laden vehicle found outside Mukesh Ambani’s residence in Mumbai last month. He has been remanded to NIA’s custody till March 25.
In his plea, Sudharm Waze has sought an order from the court to produce his brother and to justify his detention. “The haste in which the petitioner’s brother was arrested clearly shows some ulterior motives and huge political influence and interference with the sole intent to use the petitioner’s brother as a scapegoat to further certain political agendas of some big interested parties,” it added.
The petitioner submitted that he “fears for his brothers’ life and limb” as the NIA officers can go to “any extent to extract an illegal and false confession”, reported Bar and Bench. The plea also pointed out that Waze had sent a WhatsApp message to his family and friends right before his arrest, saying that this time he may not survive this ordeal.
The NIA had arrested Vaze after questioning him for almost 12 hours about his...
