SUV bomb scare: Waze wanted to regain glory as 'supercop', says charge sheet

Dismissed police officer Sachin Waze placed an SUV with explosives near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis house here to regain his reputation as a supercop the National Investigation Agency NIA has said in its charge sheetThane businessman Mansukh Hiran was subsequently killed as Waze thought him to be the weak link in the conspiracy the NIA said alleging that Pradeep Sharma a former police officer was roped in to execute the murderThe Central agency last week filed the charge sheet before a special court here against Waze and nine others in connection with the recovery of a vehicle with gelatin sticks near Ambanis south Mumbai residence Antilia on February 25 and the subsequent murder of HiranWaze who was assistant police inspector with the Mumbai crime branch before his arrest joined hands with others to place the SUV and a threat letter near Ambanis residence it saidThe intent was clearly to terrorize wealthy and prosperous people Also to extort money by putting into them fear of dire consequences said the charge sheetA fake post on social media platform Telegram purportedly in the name of Jaish Ul Hind was a deliberate attempt by Waze to add credibility to terror act it saidAlso read Antilia plot was an extortion plan NIA charge sheet makes sensational claimThe wording on the threat note agle baar connect hokar aega next time the bomb will have wires connected clearly depicts intention of Waze for furtherance of acts to reestablish himself as a supercop by staging a fake encounter as to regain his lost glory the chargesheet saidWaze who himself handled the case initially manipulated the probe to cover up the conspiracy it saidHiran who had claimed that the SUV had been stolen from his possession was found dead in a creek in Thane on March 5The NIA claimed that Waze played a pivotal role in his murderIt was he who directed Hiran to lodge an FIR about vehicle theft when Waze himself had used the SUV for the commission of the crime to park it near Antilia it allegedWaze tried to persuade Hiran to take responsibility for the act but the latter refused the NIA allegedHe then hatched the conspiracy to kill Hiran through Sharma and another former police officer Sunil Mane with the help of hired killers the charge sheet saidAlso Waze thought of Hiran as a weak link in the conspiracy who could expose others so he decided to kill the Thane businessman the agency allegedAfter Hirans death Waze tried to make it look like a case of suicide by spreading such reports through his media contacts the NIA saidSharma a retired police officer willingly and intentionally entered into the conspiracy for the execution of Hirans murder the charge sheet allegedOther arrested accused in the case are Vinayak Shinde Naresh Gor Riyazuddin Kazi Sunil Mane Anand Jadhav Satish Mothkuri Manish Soni and Santosh Shelar Shinde Kazi and Mane are former police officersAll the accused are booked for murder conspiracy and kidnapping under the IPC as well as provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act Explosive Substances Act and Arms ActThis 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