NIA files charge sheet against Sachin Vaze, others in Antilia bomb scare-Hiren murder case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a charge sheet against dismissed police officer Sachin Vaze and others accused in the Antilia bomb scare — Mansukh Hiren murder case.

The central probe agency filed the charge sheet before a court here.

Besides Waze, former ‘encounter specialist’ Pradeep Sharma and a few other former police personnel are also accused in the case.

The agency filed the charge sheet two days before the end of the 30-day extension granted to it by the court last month to complete the process, a defence lawyer said.

The case relates to the recovery of an explosives-laden SUV near the south Mumbai residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani on February 25 this year. Thane-based businessman Mansukh Hiren, who had claimed that he was in possession of the SUV, was found dead in a creek in Thane on March 5.

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