Cabinet split
According to political sources, while Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar (NCP) wanted to wait for the ATS probe report, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was keen on effecting a major shake-up in the police force after the two cases became a major embarrassment for the state government.
Even as Mumbai Police was probing the matter, the Centre stepped in and abruptly handed over the SUV case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), while the Hiran death is being probed by Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS).
Since both the cases are directly linked with wider ramifications, the NIA is likely to also take over the Hiran death matter from the ATS, official sources revealed.
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Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze, who is currently implicated in a case of a car bomb scare at industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence Antila, had once arrested journalist Arnab Goswami in the Anvay Naik suicide case and is now being charged by the NIA, Maharashtra’s ruling party Shiv Sen has alleged.
Mumbai bomb scare case: Sachin Vaze targeted for arresting Arnab Goswami, claims Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena stressed that Vazeâs arrest by the NIA was an âinsultâ to Maharashtra police and BJP government at the Centre has done this deliberately.
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Updated: Mar 16, 2021, 09:14 AM IST
The Shiv Sena on Monday (March 15) reiterated its support for Maharashtra Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze, claiming that Waze was targeted by the BJP-led government at the Centre for arresting Republic TV editor-in chief Arnab Goswami in the Anvay Naik suicide case. The Sena alleged in an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana that Waze earned the ire of BJP as he had exposed the TRP manipulation case which also involved Arnab.