A resident of Aurangabad has claimed that the number plate, which was recovered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from the Mithi River in Mumbai in connection with the probe of Mansukh Hiren's death case, belongs to him.

The number plate belongs to a car owned by a man named Vijay Nade who claimed that his car was stolen from Uddhavrao Patil Chowk in Aurangabad and he had also registered a complaint about the same at the Chowk Police Station.