Troubles mounted for Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze, who has been facing heat in the murder case of businessman Mansukh Hiran, as a sessions court in Maharashtra’s Thane district has refused to grant him interim bail and noted that there was prima facie evidence and material against him.
In a related development on Saturday, recording of Waze’s statement by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the last month’s recovery of gelatin sticks and a threat letter from an SUV, a Scorpio, which was found parked near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence in Mumbai, is going on at its office since noon, an official said.
The assistant police inspector reached the agency’s office at Cumballa Hill around 11.30 am, the official said. Mansukh Hiran, who was in possession of the SUV had claimed that it had been stolen a week earlier, but the case took a new turn when he was found dead in a creek in Thane on March 5.
In his application seeking pre-arrest bail on Friday, Waze said the FIR registered by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) didn’t name name any person. He termed the FIR as “baseless and without any motive”, saying it was a result of a “witch- hunt”.
Additional sessions Judge Shailendra Tambe, in the order that was made available on Saturday, refused to grant interim bail to Waze and said his custodial interrogation was required.