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Manish Pathak

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Sachin Vaze stayed at 5-star hotel using forged Aadhaar card, fake name: NIA

NIA officials said that a team conducted a search in a room in the Trident hotel at Nariman Point where Vaze reportedly resided from February 16 to February 20

Vaze reportedly booked the hotel room with a forged Aadhar card using his photograph with fictitious name, said an NIA official.
Updated on Mar 23, 2021 10:09 AM IST
By, Mumbai

Bizman Hiran’s body had injuries on head, neck, says ATS officer

ATS is investigating the death of 48-year-old Thane-based auto spare parts dealer who is linked to an explosives-carrying car that was found parked outside billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s house on February 25.

The result of a test submitted by a forensic team at the JJ Hospital on Wednesday confirmed the presence of diatoms in Mansukh Hiran’s body. (HT File)
Updated on Mar 19, 2021 02:36 AM IST
By, Mumbai

Former owner of Mercedes denies link to Vaze

Saransh Bhavsar, the previous owner of the Mercedes-Benz car that was allegedly being used by the suspended assistant police inspector, said he did not know Vaze.

NIA officers investigating Sachin Vaze's Mercedes car following his arrest in connection with a probe into the recovery of explosives from a car parked near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's house in Mumbai. (Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times)
Updated on Mar 18, 2021 07:23 AM IST
By, Hindustan Times, Mumbai

After raid at Vaze’s office, NIA says he hid evidence

Vaze, who was arrested by NIA and remanded to custody till March 25 by a special NIA court, was lead investigator before the case was transferred to the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad a few days later.

Former CIU head Sachin Vaze after being produced in a Mumbai court on Sunday. (PTI)
Updated on Mar 17, 2021 03:12 AM IST
By, Anamika Gharat, Hindustan Times, Mumbai

Vaze suspended again, CCTV grab under probe

After a CCTV grab showed a person walking near Ambani’s residence, the NIA is investigating whether that person was Vaze.

Vaze, 49, remained the centre of political debate as leaders from the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said his arrest would allow further investigation into ruling Shiv Sena leaders.(HT Photo)
Published on Mar 16, 2021 06:25 AM IST
By, KAY Dodhiya , , Hindustan Times, Mumbai

Antilia case: Sachin Vaze suspended again

The Mumbai Police on Monday suspended Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze following his arrest by the National Investigation Authority (NIA) in connection with its probe on the recovery of explosives from an SUV parked outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence last month, even as his brother Sudharm Vaze filed a habeas corpus petition in the Bombay high court on Monday against the arrest claiming that Vaze was being made into a “scapegoat” by “certain political powers”

Sachin Vaze
Updated on Mar 16, 2021 12:30 AM IST
ByManish Pathak, KAY Dodhiya and Surendra Gangan, Mumbai

In Mumbai, a bomb scare, a murder mystery, and terror angle: What we know so far

Assistant police inspector Sachin Vaze has been remanded to custody till March 25, after the NIA arrested him late Saturday night for his purported role in planting explosives in an SUV found parked outside billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s house on February 25

Police personnel guard Antilia, the residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani. (HT file)
Updated on Mar 16, 2021 06:57 AM IST
ByManish Pathak & Charul Shah

Vaze in NIA custody till Mar 25; focus on 2nd car

Vaze was summoned at the agency’s Mumbai office at Cumballa Hill in south Mumbai around 11:30am on Saturday to record his statement after 20 unassembled gelatin sticks were discovered along with a threat letter in a Scorpio parked outside Ambani’s residence.

On Sunday, NIA seized a white Innova car used by officers of the crime intelligence unit (CIU), which was headed by Vaze before he was moved out pending investigations.(Sourced Photo)
Published on Mar 15, 2021 01:38 AM IST

NIA gets Sachin Vaze’s custody till March 25 in Ambani security care probe

Sachin Vaze was arrested late Saturday night by the NIA at their Mumbai office after he was questioned in the case.

Mumbai: Police officer Sachin Vaze being taken to court by National Investigation Agency (NIA) for a hearing, in connection with a probe into the recovery of explosives from a car parked near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis house, in Mumbai, Sunday, March 14, 2021. (PTI Photo/Mitesh Bhuvad)(PTI03_14_2021_000054A)(PTI)
Published on Mar 14, 2021 05:20 PM IST
By, Hindustan Times, Mumbai

Ambani security scare probe: Sachin Vaze remanded to NIA custody till March 25

Mansukh Hiran's wife accused Vaze of killing her husband and claimed that Vaze was pressurising Hiran to get arrested in the case.

Mumbai cop Sachin Vaze remanded to NIA custody till March 25(Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 14, 2021 04:59 PM IST
By, | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Bomb threat to death: Decoding the case

Shortly after Hiran’s body washed up in a creek in Thane on March 5, his family stopped talking to the media. Till then, Hiran, Vimla; brother, Vinod (50), and older son, Meet (21), had addressed the scrutiny that accompanied the discovery that the Scorpio had been traced to them.

On February 25, Gamdevi police sub-inspector Amit Kadam received a call around 3 pm. Bharat Patil, a security officer at Antilla informed Kadam of a Mahindra Scorpio SUV parked on Carmichael Road.(ANI Photo)
Updated on Mar 11, 2021 03:28 AM IST
ByAnamika Gharat, , Mumbai

Mansukh Hiran death: Know Sachin Vaze, the police officer who was transferred

On Wednesday, Vaze reached the Mumbai police headquarters in Crawford Market around noon and had a two-hour long meeting with Mumbai police commissioner Parambir Singh. Through the course of the day, he also met other senior officers in the crime branch.

Sachin Vaze, the police officer who is under scanner in Mansukh Hiran death case, at police commissioner’s office in Mumbai on Wednesday. (Pratik Chorge/ HT)
Published on Mar 11, 2021 12:28 AM IST
By, Mumbai

Mansukh Hiran: The mysterious death that has gripped Mumbai

On February 25, an SUV with loose sticks of Gelatin was found parked outside Mukesh Ambani’s house. It was traced back to a Thane auto parts businessman, but on March 5, his body washed up ashore in a creek outside Mumbai. Here’s what we know so far

Shops adjoining that of Mansukh Hiran’s will remain closed till all the rituals were completed, as a mark of respect. (Praful Gangurde/ HT photo)
Updated on Mar 10, 2021 02:53 PM IST
ByAnamika Gharat and Manish Pathak

Ambani security threat: Political slugfest over death of car owner

Fadnavis accused the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government of shielding assistant police inspector Sachin Vaze and called for his arrest under section 201 of Indian Penal Code

An SUV with explosives was found near Ambani’s house on February 25. Hiran, a 48-year-old Thane resident, claimed it was stolen from his possession a week earlier.(PTI)
Updated on Mar 10, 2021 04:30 AM IST
BySurendra P Gangan and Manish Pathak, Hindustan Times, Mumbai

Cops continue hunt for suspects as CCTV footage provides little clues

On the afternoon of February 25, the Scorpio was found abandoned on Carmichael Road, around 600 metres away from Mukesh Ambani's residence. Twenty loose gelatin sticks were found in the car, although there was no timer or detonation device.

**EDS: RPT, CORRECTS TYPOS** Mumbai: Police personnel guard outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence Antilla, a day after explosives were found in an abandoned car in its vicinity, in Mumbai on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (PTI Photo) (PTI02_26_2021_000163A)(PTI)
Published on Mar 01, 2021 06:51 AM IST

Car with explosives found near Mukesh Ambani’s residence

Police said the vehicle — a green Scorpio with a wrong number plate had around 20 Gelatin sticks in it — was about 600 metres away from the house of Reliance Industries Limited chairman Mukesh Ambani on Altamount Road.

Police clarified that the material found was not an assembled explosive device.(ANI Photo)
Published on Feb 26, 2021 04:01 AM IST
ByVijay Kumar Yadav,

Resident doctor dies by suicide at Mumbai hospital, say police

Police said the reason behind the suicide is yet to be ascertained. They said the matter came to light on Monday when a colleague of the doctor found him lying unconscious on his bed

Representational Image. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Feb 16, 2021 01:20 PM IST

3 trapped crew members of Greatship Rohini found dead in search operation

Bodies of two seafarers were found from the tween-deck area, burnt beyond recognition and the third body with burn injuries was found from the engine control room

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ships and aircraft deployed for fire fighting operation onboard Offshore Supply Vessel Greatship Rohini, 92 nautical miles from Mumbai. One crew member who received injuries was evacuated and shifted to hospital for treatment. (ANI Photo)
Published on Feb 14, 2021 04:02 PM IST
By, Mumbai

Mumbai crime branch busts CDR racket, two held

Accessing someone’s personal data like call details, mobile locations and bank statements is illegal, but the accused used to illegally obtain all the details and sell the same to their clients, according to the police.

Mumbai Police are on the lookout for seven more people wanted in the case. Four of them run detective agencies in Delhi, Odisha and Karnataka. (FILE PHOTO).
Published on Feb 08, 2021 10:13 PM IST

2 traffickers including one who used Mercedes car to push drugs nabbed in Mumbai

One of the two dealers was allegedly using his high-end car to peddle and distribute drugs to high profile customers in Mumbai’s western suburbs

The hands of two men, who customs authorities say imported 8 million pesos ($162,500) worth of illegal drugs, are seen in handcuffs as they are presented to reporters at the Bureau of Customs in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Ezra Acayan(REUTERS)
Published on Feb 07, 2021 08:14 PM IST

Mumbai Police nab more than 100 criminals in Operation All Out ahead of R-Day

Mumbai Police had started Operation All Out to maintain law and order in the city and is carried out once or twice a month.

To collate the information of criminals, all the 95 police stations across Mumbai are also preparing a list of the top 25 criminals in their records, such as regular trouble makers, hard core criminals or local goons. (PIC FOR REPRESENTATION)(HT_PRINT)
Published on Jan 24, 2021 06:56 PM IST

TRP scam: former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta shifted to JJ Hospital

Kaushtubh Kurlekar, the jail superintendent, confirmed Dasgupta's hospitalisation.

Partho Dasgupta, the former chief executive officer of BARC India, was arrested in the alleged TRP rigging scam by crime branch of the Mumbai Police on December 24 last year.(Bhushan Koyande/ HT Photo)
Published on Jan 16, 2021 03:25 PM IST
By, Mumbai

Mumbai: BMC alleges actor Sonu Sood turned residential building into hotel, files complaint

BMC had reportedly issued a notice to Sood regarding the matter earlier. Sood, in October, had moved the city civil court against the notice

Bollywood actor Sonu Sood.(ANI)
Updated on Jan 07, 2021 12:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByMehul Thakkar and Manish Pathak

Woman found dead in Khar building: Mumbai Police to probe attempt to rape angle

To verify their suspicion, the police have sent the victim’s clothes for forensic analysis and are in the process of collecting other evidences from the murder spot. Two people have been arrested for murder, assault in the case

Janhvi Kukreja’s body was found from the second-floor staircase of Bhagwati Heights on Friday morning.(HT File)
Updated on Jan 04, 2021 12:35 AM IST
ByMegha Sood and Manish Pathak

Suresh Raina, Guru Randhawa among 34 held during raid on Mumbai club for violating Covid norms

The joint commissioner of police Vishwas Nangre Patil confirmed the raid and said “the people found in the club including staff members were booked for violating Covid-19 norms”

Representational photo.(REUTERS File)
Updated on Dec 22, 2020 05:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | By

TRP case: Republic TV’s distribution head arrested; channel denies charges

HT Image
Updated on Nov 11, 2020 02:08 AM IST
ByVijay Kumar Yadav and Manish Pathak, Mumbai

Arrests of Arnab Goswami and two others seem illegal, observes court; cops file revision plea

HT Image
Published on Nov 06, 2020 12:24 AM IST
ByCharul Shah & Manish Pathak, Mumbai/alibag

Arnab Goswami, 2 others sent to 14-day judicial custody in 2018 suicide abetment case

A fresh first information report (FIR) was also filed against the Republic TV editor, his wife and two others by the Mumbai Police on Wednesday evening for resisting police officials who came to arrest him in the morning.

Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in police van at Alibaug court on Wednesday.(Satish Bate/HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 04, 2020 11:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByManish Pathak, Charul Shah and Vijaykumar Yadav | Edited by Kanishka Sarkar

Mumbai: Six arrested for making transactions using foreigners’ card details

The police arrested six members of the gang, including a woman, from Delhi and Mumbai and recovered 9 electronic data capture machines from them

Representational Image.
Updated on Nov 03, 2020 03:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | By

‘Fake evidence planted’: Jharkhand activist Stan Swamy claims before arrest

Stan Swamy is know for activism to raise rights issues of Jharkhand’s tribal community.

Investigating agencies have accused human rights activist Stan Swamy of receiving funds to further the ideology of Maoists in Jharkhand.(Diwakar Prasad/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on Oct 09, 2020 11:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByCharul Shah & Manish Pathak | Edited by Abhinav Sahay
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