Want to retract part of deposition made before probe panel: Sachin Waze

Dismissed Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze on Thursday told an inquiry commission probing corruption allegations against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh that he wants to file an affidavit to retract certain deposition made during his crossexaminationWaze currently in judicial custody following his arrest in the Antilia bomb scareMansukh Hiran murder case had recently deposed before the commission headed by Justice K U Chandiwal retdThe state government formed the commission last year to probe allegations of corruption levelled against Deshmukh a senior NCP leader by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir SinghWazes statement is part of a supplementary chargesheet filed by the ED in a money laundering case against Deshmukh which stems from the graft allegations in a court here in December last yearBesides Deshmukh his two sons as well as nine others including companies have been named in the chargesheetIn a hand written plea moved through his legal team Waze said he wants to file an application along with an affidavit to retract certain deposition made by him during his crossexamination at the panelHowever it was not clear which part of the deposition Waze wants to retractThe dismissed police officer during his deposition before the Chandiwal panel had denied making any payment to Deshmukh or any of his staff member He had also denied collecting money from bars and restaurant owners in MumbaiEarlier in his statement before the Enforcement Directorate ED Waze had alleged Deshmukh asked him to collect money from bar and hotel ownersThe former assistant police inspector had also claimed that Deshmukh as home minister used to give instructions in highprofile investigationsWaze had alleged that during a meeting held in October 2020 at Deshmukhs residence Dyneshwari the NCP leader gave him a list of 1750 bars and restaurants and asked him to collect Rs 3 lakh each from these establishments for granting various favoursHowever before the commission Waze had denied making any payment to Deshmukh or any of his staff member or receiving instructions from the former minister to collect money from pubs and restaurant owners in MumbaiDeshmukh who resigned from the state cabinet in April last year has denied all allegations made by WazeIncidentally Wazes move came in the backdrop of Singhs claim that Deshmukh had asked Waze to retract his statements recorded earlier by the ED while deposing before the commissionMeanwhile the AntiTerrorism Squad ATS on Thursday produced before the commission confidential documents pertaining to its probe into the Antilia bomb scareMansukh Hiran murder caseThe inquiry panel in a previous hearing had asked the ATS to submit papers related to the case which is now being handled by the NIAWaze was arrested in March 2021 following the recovery of an SUV with explosives parked near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis south Mumbai residence Antilia and the subsequent death of Thanebased businessman Mansukh Hiran who was the owner of the vehicleHe was later dismissed from police serviceSingh now suspended was transferred from the post of Mumbai police commissioner after the twin incidentsThis 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