NIA officials take Vaze to Thane creek where Hiren's body was found

NIA brought police officer Sachin Vaze, accused in Mansukh Hiren case, to Thane Mumbra creek for investigation. Credit: PTI Photo

Officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday evening took suspended police officer Sachin Vaze to Reti Bunder creek in Thane where businessman Mansukh Hiren's body had been found.

The NIA, which has now taken over both the Ambani security scare case as well as the Hiren murder matter, got further custody of Waze till April 3 earlier in the day.

In the evening, some seven or eight officials took Vaze to the spot where Hiren's body had been found on March 5, a local police official said.

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On Wednesday, the NIA had taken custody from the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) of suspended police officer Vinayak Shinde and cricket bookie Naresh Gaur in the Hiren case.

Vaze was arrested by the NIA on March 13 in connection with the Scorpio with gelatin sticks and a threat letter found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's house in south Mumbai on February 25.

Hiren had claimed that this Scorpio had been stolen from his possession a week earlier.