NIA files chargesheet against Waze, 9 others in Antilia case

Dismissed Mumbai cop’s mentor, 2 associates also named in bomb scare case

The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a 10,000-pages chargesheet in connection with the Ambani bomb scare and Mansukh Hiran murder case. In the chargesheet, 10 persons, including dismissed Mumbai cop Sachin Waze, his associates policemen Riyazuddin Kazi, Sunil Mane and Waze’s mentor Pradeep Sharma, have been charged in connection with industrialist Mukesh Ambani bomb scare, theft of the SUV in which explosives were found and murder of Thane based businessman Mansukh Hiren case. The chargesheet would be handed over to the accused after completing formalities.

The NIA has charged all the accused for criminal conspiracy, abduction, murder, destruction of evidence, extortion, forgery, criminal intimidation etc under relevant sections of IPC, Arms Act, Explosive Substance Act and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).

Others chargesheeted are cricket bookie Naresh Ramniklal Gor, convicted police constable Vinayak Balasaheb Shinde alias Vinay, Santosh Atmaram Shelar, Anand Pandurang Jadhav, Satish Tirupati Mothkuri alias Tanni alias Vicky baba and Manish Vasantbhai Soni.

According to the NIA, incriminating evidences came to fore during the investigation about involvement of chargesheeted accused in various stages of conspiracy such as theft of Mahindra Scorpio vehicle, placing explosive laden vehicle near Mr Ambani’s house in Mumbai and Hire’s murder.

According to sources, the agency has recorded statements of some of the accused before magistrate under section 164 of CrPc, which can be used as evidence in the court. There are many panchnamas of various spots and also electronic evidence against the accused.

Hiren was in possession of the Scorpio in which explosives were found stuffed near Ambani’s residence. According to the probe agency he was killed because the accused believed he was the weakest link in the case.

According to the NIA, Shelar and Jadhav parked the explosives-laden SUV near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence “Antilia” in Mumbai. At the time of their arrest, the agency had claimed that Mothkuri and Soni had allegedly murdered Hiren with the help of two others in a Red Tavera Car.

◗ ACCORDING TO sources, the agency has recorded statements of some of the accused before magistrate under Section 164 of CrPc, which can be used as evidence in the court

◗ HIREN WAS in possession of the Scorpio in which explosives were found. According to the NIA he was killed because the accused believed he was the weakest link in the case