On a day of hectic developments, a team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) met newly appointed Mumbai Police chief Hemant Nagrale to take its investigations ahead into the Antilia-Scorpio planting case.
Meanwhile, the Thane Sessions Court posted the hearing of anticipatory bail plea of suspended Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze till March 30 in connection with the case registered by the state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) into the suspected murder of SUV owner Mansukh Hiren.
The ATS has filed its reply in the matter, and has opposed the bail plea and is expected to seek his custody.
The twin cases — which are part of the same chain of events — has shaken the Maharashtra government leading to the shunting out of Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, who has been made the Director-General of Home Guards and Civil Defence.
Two NIA officials — Inspector General of Police Anil Shukla and Superintendent of Police Vikram Khalate — met Nagrale, during which Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Milind Bharambe and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detection) Akbar Pathan were also present.
Published 19 March 2021, 14:18 IST