Hiren’s death: Maharashtra orders transfer of Sachin Veg

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday announced the transfer of Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze from the Mumbai Police branch after Vimala Hiren, wife of the deceased Mansukh Hiren, alleging that she was involved in the death of her husband.

“Mr. C. The wedge will be removed from his current posting at the Crime Branch until the investigation is completed. I am taking this decision in view of the demand raised by the opposition. Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said in the State Council that if he dies Hiren’s death We will take appropriate action against Mr. Waze.

Hiren’s body was found in Kalawa Nalla last week. He was linked to Scorpio, which was found explosive-laden outside the home of industrialist Mukesh Ambani. The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday halted the assembly proceedings, demanding the suspension and arrest of Mr. Vaze.

Talking to reporters after the budget session of the legislature, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that the government is serious about investigating the matter. “We have already started investigation and no one will be spared. However, a new trend has begun these days to target individuals on suspicion and destroy their lives. We believe in hanging a person after investigation and do not investigate him after hanging, ”he said.

Commenting on the papers and CDRs related to Hiren’s death displayed by Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Devendra Fadnavis, the CM said that if the papers were shown to be a crime, they should scrap the investigating agencies and the judiciary.

Mr. Thackeray said that the wife and son of Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha MP Mohan Delkar, who committed suicide in Mumbai, and Prafulla, the Administrator of the Union Territory after demonetisation. Met Patel, met him on Tuesday and noticed his complaints. “We do not see everything through political prism. We analyze the facts and then proceed. We will do the same in this case. ‘

Mr. Waze is known as the ‘encounter specialist’ of the Mumbai Police. He was suspended for 16 years for his arrest in 2004 following the alleged custodial death of 27-year-old Khwaja Yunus. He was reinstated in June 2020 in view of COVID-19 citing the need for officers in the force. Since then, he has become the go-to man of the Mumbai Police in all high-profile cases, including fake social media follower cases, hookah parlor raids and TRP manipulation cases. He led the Raigad police team to arrest Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in the case of the death of architect Anvay Naik.