Updated On: 15 March, 2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
A 1990-batch officer of the state cadre, Waze was earlier also suspended in 2004 over his role in the custodial death of a 2002 Ghatkopar blast suspect Khwaja Yunus and was reinstated last year.

Sachin Waze. File pic
Former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya on Monday sought a probe into the reinstatement Sachin Waze in the Mumbai police force last year. The Mumbai police on Monday suspended Waze following his arrest by the NIA in connection with its probe into the recovery of explosives from a Scorpio near industrialist Mukesh Ambani''s residence here.
Waze (49), credited with eliminating 63 alleged criminals in ''encounters'', is also facing heat in the murder case of Thane-based businessman Mansukh Hiran, who was in possession of the Scorpio. Hiran was found dead in a creek in Thane district on March 5.