The Maharashtra government on Wednesday said that Sachin Vaze, a senior police officer of the Mumbai Police’s Crime Branch, will be removed from his position till the investigation into the death of automobile parts dealer Mansukh Hiren was completed, PTI reported.
An explosives-filled car was on February 25 found near Reliance Industries chairperson Mukesh Ambani’s residence in Mumbai. Hiren, the reported owner of the car, was found dead on March 5. Vaze was the investigating officer in the case before Assistant Commissioner of Police Nitin Alakhnure replaced him.
“Sachin Vaze will be removed from the Crime Branch and posted in some other department,” Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said in the state’s Legislative Council on Wednesday, according to ANI. “It is being done so that an impartial investigation can be conducted in Mansukh Hiren death case.”
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