NIA wants to bring Vaze, Mane face-to-face
Seeks their custody through a plea filed in special NIA court
MUMBAI: With the deadline to submit the chargesheet fast nearing in the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiran murder cases, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday sought the custody of dismissed police officers Sachin Vaze and Sunil Mane, both co-accused in the cases and currently lodged in Taloja jail.
In a plea filed before the special NIA court, the agency said it has seized incriminating material against suspected accused who have played key roles in the crime. “The investigation agency is on the final leg of investigation wherein the role of key suspected persons has surfaced and the same needs to be confirmed with the accused persons on the basis of documents and other materials,” it said in its plea.
The agency has sought former assistant police inspector Vaze’s custody for two days and that of former police inspector Mane for five days. Vaze, who had been arrested in midMarch, had spent 28 days in police custody, while Mane had been in NIA custody for 14 days.
The plea further stated that it needs to bring Vaze and Mane face-to-face and interrogate them. Being police officers, the plea said both were aware how to evade interrogation and have provided incorrect leads and now need to be confronted with incriminating documents in the agency’s possession. As per the plea, the agency also wants to find how the conspiracy to eliminate Hiran was hatched.
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