In a fresh development, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Friday arrested Inspector Sunil Mane in connection with the twin cases of planting of gelatin sticks-laden Scorpio near the home of Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani and killing of SUV owner Mansukh Hiren.
Suspended Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze is the prime accused in the case.
The exact role of Mane would be specified before special NIA court when the federal agency takes him to seek custodial remand.
Mane is the third policeman to be arrested in the case, the others being Vaze and Assistant Police Inspector Riyazuddin Kazi.
This is the fourth arrest in the case including Vaze, Naresh Gor, a cricket-bookie and Vinayak Shinde, a dismissed police constable serving a life sentence currently on parole. Naresh Gor was also arrested.
On February 25, Vaze planted a Scorpio with 20-odd gelatin sticks and a threatening letter near Antilia, the Carmichael Road residence of Ambani.
As the investigations paced up and NIA stepped in, Hiren’s dead body was found in a creek in Kalwa-Mumbra in neighbouring Thane district.
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