Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh today announced the removal of Mumbai police officer Sachin Vaze from the Crime Intelligence Unit till the inquiry into the mysterious death of automobile parts dealer Mansukh Hiran is not completed.
Speaking in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, Deshmukh said the State government will conduct an impartial probe into the death of Mansukh Hiran.
Hiran was in possession of the SUV which was found with explosives outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s house in south Mumbai on 25 February.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis has demanded the arrest of Mumbai Police ‘encounter specialist’ Sachin Vaze in the Mukesh Ambani bomb threat case.
In his address to the State Assembly, Fadnavis claimed that the car laden with explosives found near Ambani residence was in the possession of Vaze for four months prior to the incident.