Dismissed Assistant Police Inspector (API) Sachin Waze used threats of job loss and transfer to force his juniors into extortion, states the 1,895-page charge sheet filed by the Mumbai Crime Branch. According to the statements of police officers and constables, Waze allegedly  used his contact with the then city police chief Param Bir Singh to make them get details of bar owners, bookies and other illegal businesses.

Waze had the protection of the then Mumbai commissioner of police (CP) Param Bir Singh, according to dozens of statements of serving police officers and constables in the charge sheet. In his statement, a police constable, who is currently associated with the Crime Branch, narrated how Waze forced him to collect information of bars and other illegal businesses. “After his reinstatement in June 2020, Waze started collecting details of bars and other illegal businesses in the city during the lockdown period.”