ANTILIA SCARE: SUSPENDED COP MANE SENT TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY

A special court on Saturday remanded suspended Mumbai Police officer Sunil Mane in judicial custody till May 13 in connection with the case related to a security scare near the residence of billionaire Mukesh Ambani.

Mane was arrested by the National Investigation Agency on April 23 in connection with its probe into an explosivesladen SUV found near Ambani’s house in south Mumbai and the death of Thane resident Mansukh Hiran.

The suspended cop was produced before the court on Saturday after his earlier remand came to an end. NIA did not seek an extension of his custody and urged the court to remand him to judicial custody, to which the special court agreed.

Mane, attached to the Mumbai Police’s crime branch, was the third police officer to be arrested in the case after assistant police inspectors Sachin Vaze and Riyaz Kazi.

Last week, the special court extended the judicial custody of Vaze and Kazi till May 5.

MANE, ATTACHED TO THE MUMBAI POLICE’S CRIME BRANCH, WAS THE THIRD POLICE OFFICER TO BE ARRESTED IN CASE