Param Bir Singh transferred as Mumbai Police Commissioner to aid probe in Sachin Waze case: Anil Deshmukh

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday said NIA and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) are investigating Sachin Waze case very professionally and Param Bir Singh has been transferred as Mumbai Police Commissioner so that investigation can be done without any hindrance.

Maharashtra Home Minister l Deshmukh on Thursday said NIA and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) are investigating Sachin Waze case very professionally and Param Bir Singh has been transferred as Mumbai Police Commissioner so that investigation can be done without any hindrance.

"National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) are investigating Sachin Waze case very professionally. Action will be taken accordingly. Param Bir Singh has been transferred from the post of Mumbai Police Commissioner so that investigation can be done without any hindrance," Deshmukh told media persons here.

Param Bir Singh was on Wednesday transferred and appointed as Director-General Home Guard and Hemant Nagrale appointed as the next Mumbai Police chief in his place.

The decision came after a meeting between NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday.

Earlier Deshmukh had said that appropriate action would be taken based on investigation agencies' findings in the Antilia bomb scare case.

"The recovery of gelatin sticks from Scorpio jeep outside Mukesh Amb's residence and the Mansukh Hiren murder case is being investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). Action will be taken based on the truth that comes out of the investigation,'' Deshmukh had told media persons.

Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze, who is allegedly involved in the planting of an explosives-laden car outside industrialist Mukesh Amb's house, was arrested last week.

NIA on Wednesday confirmed that the person, seen in a CCTV grab walking near Mukesh Amb's residence on the night of February 25 when an explosive-laden vehicle was found, was Sachin Waze.

NIA was investigating a CCTV visual that surfaced on Monday showing a person walking near Amb's residence on the night an explosive-laden vehicle was found wearing what initially seemed like a PPE (Personal protective equipment).

Waze was transferred to the Citizen Facilitation Centre at the Mumbai Police Headquarters after his name came up in the death case of Mansukh Hiren, the owner of the vehicle that was found on Carmichael Raod outside Antilia on February 25.

Hiren was found dead in a creek on March 5 in Thane.

Waze was sent to NIA custody till March 25 on Sunday. He had on Saturday moved an anticipatory bail application at Thane District and Sessions Court.

The matter briefly came up for hearing on March 12 but the court refused to give Waze interim relief and issued notice to the state government and posted the matter for hearing on March 19.

( With inputs from ANI )