Aurangabad Man Claims Number Plate Pulled From River In Mansukh Hiran Case

Mumbai:

A resident of Aurangabad has claimed that the quantity plates recovered by the NIA as a part of its probe into the demise of auto components vendor Mansukh Hiran – the proprietor of the explosives-laden SUV discovered close to businessman Mukesh Ambani’s residence earlier this month, and whose physique was discovered a couple of days later – is registered to his automotive, which he reported stolen in November final yr.

Vijay Madhukar Nade, who works as a clerk within the Social Welfare Division in Jalna district, claimed his automotive was stolen from Aurangabad’s Uddhavrao Patil Chowk on November 16; he filed a FIR (first info report) with the police the next day.

“My automotive – with the quantity MH-20-FP-1539 – was stolen on November 16, 2020, and an FIR was filed. I’ve a duplicate of the identical. For 3 months, there was no info however yesterday, I used to be knowledgeable about it,” Mr Nade mentioned on Monday.

The number plate Mr Nade says is his was recovered from the Mithi river – from the spot the place Mansukh Hiran’s physique was discovered – on Sunday. This was after Mumbai policeman Sachin Waze had been taken there by the authorities to recuperate evidence he allegedly tried to destroy.

Waze – a controversial police officer who was first on the website of the Ambani bomb scare and initially tasked with investigating the case – is being questioned by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) over hyperlinks to Mansukh Hiran, the allegedly stolen vehicles and the explosives-laden SUV.

Amongst different objects divers recovered pc CPUs and a laptop computer.

Authorities recovered two quantity plates, pc CPUs and a laptop computer

Final week the NIA additionally recovered a cache of dwell ammunition from Waze’s residence – sixty-two bullets – and mentioned that solely 5 of the 30 issued for his service weapon have been accounted for.

Investigators have mentioned Waze and Hiran met on February 17, when the keys to the SUV – which Hiran later mentioned had been stolen – have been exchanged. He made the declare to Waze throughout preliminary inquiries into the Ambani safety scare, however made no point out of their assembly.

The SUV was subsequently discovered lower than two kilometres from Antilla – Mr Ambani’s 27-storey residence in south Mumbai – on March 4, with 20 gelatin sticks – and a handwritten letter to the Reliance chairman and his spouse, Nita Ambani, inside.

On Wednesday the NIA mentioned Waze and other accused would be charged under anti-terror law UAPA; company sources mentioned the presence and amount of explosives indicated terrorist motion.