The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Friday rejected suspended API Sachin Waze’s plea to meet his lawyer. Waze is being probed in the Ambani bomb scare case. Appearing for him in the court on Friday, advocate Abad Ponda said, “The investigation is at a crucial stage, please allow me to meet my client during non-interrogation hours; let’s not infringe on my fundamental rights.”

However, special public prosecutor (SPP) Sunil Gonsalves argued saying, “My basic purpose will be failed if we allow them to meet.” “Whenever we visited the NIA Mumbai office, the interrogation was not done. We have also booked one room at Shalimar hotel near the office so that we can immediately reach to see my client during his interrogation,” Ponda argued. Hearing both sides, special NIA judge Prashant Sitre rejected the plea and added, “My previous order is clear.” Earlier, Sitre had passed an order saying that a lawyer of Waze’s choice will be present at a visible distance during his interrogation by NIA.