<p>There were no marks indicating a forcible opening of doors of the Scorpio which was found with explosives near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's house last month, a senior police official said here on Friday.</p>.<p>This led the investigators of Mumbai Crime Branch to suspect that it may have been opened with a duplicate key when it was stolen, he said.</p>.<p>The case has been now taken over by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/phone-allegedly-used-for-bomb-scare-at-ambanis-seized-from-tihar-jail-961109.html" target="_blank">Phone allegedly used for bomb scare at Ambanis' seized from Tihar jail</a></strong></p>.<p>Mansukh Hiren, in whose possession the SUV was, had claimed that it was stolen from Vikhroli area a week before it was found outside Ambani's house. Hiren was found dead in mysterious circumstances on March 5.</p>.<p>"We did not find any marks suggesting that the doors were opened using force," said the official who was part of the crime branch probe team.</p>.<p>But the forensic lab report of the vehicle was awaited, he added.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/ambani-bomb-case-sachin-vaze-denies-using-hirens-car-investigators-reveal-960983.html" target="_blank">Ambani bomb case: Sachin Vaze denies using Hiren's car, investigators reveal</a></strong></p>.<p>Hiren had said he had left it on the road as its steering got jammed on the night of February 17.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, on Friday an NIA team visited Thane police officials to get information related to the case, sources said.</p>.<p>The Maharashtra ATS, which is probing Hiren's death, also recorded some persons' statements in Thane, sources added.</p>
<p>There were no marks indicating a forcible opening of doors of the Scorpio which was found with explosives near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's house last month, a senior police official said here on Friday.</p>.<p>This led the investigators of Mumbai Crime Branch to suspect that it may have been opened with a duplicate key when it was stolen, he said.</p>.<p>The case has been now taken over by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/phone-allegedly-used-for-bomb-scare-at-ambanis-seized-from-tihar-jail-961109.html" target="_blank">Phone allegedly used for bomb scare at Ambanis' seized from Tihar jail</a></strong></p>.<p>Mansukh Hiren, in whose possession the SUV was, had claimed that it was stolen from Vikhroli area a week before it was found outside Ambani's house. Hiren was found dead in mysterious circumstances on March 5.</p>.<p>"We did not find any marks suggesting that the doors were opened using force," said the official who was part of the crime branch probe team.</p>.<p>But the forensic lab report of the vehicle was awaited, he added.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/ambani-bomb-case-sachin-vaze-denies-using-hirens-car-investigators-reveal-960983.html" target="_blank">Ambani bomb case: Sachin Vaze denies using Hiren's car, investigators reveal</a></strong></p>.<p>Hiren had said he had left it on the road as its steering got jammed on the night of February 17.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, on Friday an NIA team visited Thane police officials to get information related to the case, sources said.</p>.<p>The Maharashtra ATS, which is probing Hiren's death, also recorded some persons' statements in Thane, sources added.</p>