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MUMBAI: After the embarrassing arrest of police officer Sachin Waze by the National Investigation Agency, Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh is likely to by replaced soon.
In the talks Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had with NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday over the mishandling of the bomb scare attempt outside Mukesh Ambani’s residence and the death of Thane businessman Mansukh Hiren, both leaders agreed on sacking Singh.
The meeting went on for more than an hour at the chief minister’s official residence. A senior minister said it has now come to light that Waze had stage-managed the bomb scare on the instructions of Singh.
Amid Ambani Bomb Probe, Mumbai Police Commissioner Meets Uddhav Thackeray Amid Ambani Bomb Probe, Mumbai Police Commissioner Meets Uddhav Thackeray Sachin Waze, arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on March 13, was attached to the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of city police s crime branch till recently.
Mumbai Police Commissioner met Uddhav Thackeray after NIA arrested city cop Sachin Waze
Mumbai:
Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh met Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray against the backdrop of the arrest of city police officer Sachin Waze by the NIA over its probe into the recovery of an explosives-laden SUV near industrialist Mukesh Ambani s house.
Cong, NCP leaders meet CM over Sachin Vaze issue
India
Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 9:33 [IST]
Mumbai, Mar 17: Leaders from allies Congress and NCP on Tuesday met Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray against the backdrop of the arrest of assistant police inspector Sachin Vaze in the case of explosives-laden SUV found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani s house here.
Sources from both the parties said they pointed out during the meeting that vaze s arrest has caused embarrassment to the Shiv Sena-led government.
The Congress was already miffed with Vaze being reinstated in 2020 and getting special treatment despite his alleged involvement in the custodial death of Khwaja Yunus, an accused in a blast case, 16 years ago.
Updated Mar 17, 2021 · 09:42 pm Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale. | Hemant Nagrale/Twitter
Hemant Nagrale was appointed the new commissioner of the Mumbai Police on Wednesday, ANI reported, quoting Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. The previous Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh was transferred and posted as directorate general, home guard, Deshmukh said.
The development came amid the investigation into the explosive-laden car found outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence last month. Singh had met Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray earlier on Wednesday, according to PTI.
Hours after taking charge, Nagrale said that the Mumbai police’s image had been “maligned by some recent developments”, and that the city’s force was going through a “challenging phase”, according to the