Mumbai Police officer Waze is under investigation by the NIA in connection with the recovery of an SUV with explosives near the house of industrialist Mukesh Ambani.
BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday claimed that when he was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray called him in 2018 to reinstate the then suspended police officer Sachin Waze in the state police force.
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He also accused the Shiv Sena of putting pressure on this demand at that time.
Mumbai Police officer Waze is at the center of an investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on 25 February in connection with the recovery of an SUV near the home of industrialist Mukesh Ambani in South Mumbai.
Mr. Vaze, who was arrested on March 13 for his alleged role in the crime, was recently linked to the crime intelligence unit (CIU) of the city’s crime branch.
Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Fadnavis said, “I was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra in 2018 and also helped in the Home Department. Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray called me to bring the then suspended police officer Sachin back to the police force.” . Some Shiv Shiv Sena ministers later met me with the same request. “” When I received a proposal to reinstate Waze into the police force again, I verbally sought an opinion from the Advocate General. I was told that Waze was suspended following the Bombay High Court order. Therefore, I decided not to reinstate him, “Mr. Fadnavis. said.
The Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly also alleged that the Shiv Sena also tried to pressure him.
The BJP and Shiv Sena shared power between 2014 and 2019. However, after the 2019 assembly elections, the Shiv Sena parted with the BJP to share the chief minister’s post and joined hands with the NCP and the Congress. Uddhav Thackeray heads the three-party Maha Vikas Agari (MVA) government in the state.
Credited with eliminating 63 alleged criminals in Cr encounters’, Mr. Waze, a 1990-batch officer of the state cadre, was suspended in 2004 over his role in the death in custody of Khwaja Yunus, a 2004 Ghatkopar blast suspect and last year Was restored.
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