Antilia bomb scare case: NIA court rejects ex-cop Sachin Waze's bail plea

A special court here on Saturday rejected the bail plea of former policeman Sachin Waze an accused in the case of an explosivesladen sports utility vehicle found near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis house and the murder of businessman Mansukh HiranThis is the second time that the special NIA court has rejected the former policemans regular bail application in the caseHe is currently in judicial custody and lodged at Taloja jail in neighbouring Navi MumbaiIn the plea filed in April Waze claimed that the entire case against him is based on bald allegations with inadmissible material that cannot be relied upon at any stage to prosecute himThe plea stated that as a citizen of India Waze has the highest regard for Ambani and his family members for their contribution to the growth of the Indian economyAs a police officer the applicant Waze is fully aware that the Ambanis are the most strongly guarded private family of India thus threatening them that too with certain unexplodable lowquality explosives coupled with an irrelevant anonymous note is one of the silliest things one could ever do the plea had mentionedUnder no circumstances the applicant could even think of committing such a silly crime it saidThe National Investigation Agency NIA had opposed the bail plea arguing that industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita were terrorstricken after the February 2021 incidentThe probe agency alleged that Waze who was then an assistant police inspector with the Mumbai crime branch parked an SUV with explosives outside Antilia as part of a conspiracyMansukh Hiran had wrongly informed the police that the vehicle had been stolen from him but when he later said he would reveal the truth the conspirators allegedly killed him it saidIt is clear that Waze is directly involved in the crime and committed offences punishable for conspiracy to commit a terrorist act commission of a terrorist act being a member of a terrorist gang kidnapping and murder of Hiran and criminal conspiracy the NIA had saidAn SUV with explosives was found near Ambanis residence on February 25 2021 Hiran a businessman who said he had the vehicle before it was stolen was found dead in a creek in neighbouring Thane on March 5 2021This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever