Sachin Vaze Case: New Mumbai Police Commissioner Wants Tainted Cop Sachin Vaze Back In Crime Branch

The report submitted by Mumbai Police states that Sachin Waze was posted in Crime Intelligence Unit after oral instructions from the then Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.

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Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale on Wednesday submitted a report to Maharashtra Home Department about the reinstatement of Sachin Vaze and his nine months tenure in Mumbai CIU, Crime Branch. 

The report submitted by Mumbai Police states, "Sachin Vaze was posted in Crime Intelligence Unit after oral instructions from the then Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. Vaze was reporting to Singh directly, bypassing several other officers." 

In February, an explosives-laden Scorpio was found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's house in south Mumbai with a threat letter inside. A Thane-based businessman Mansukh Hiran, who was in possession of the SUV, had claimed that it had been stolen a week earlier, but the case got murky when he was found dead in a creek in Thane on March 5.

Soon, Singh was removed from the post of Mumbai police chief last month. The NIA probing the case, arrested Crime Branch police officer Sachin Vaze and seized several high-end vehicles used by him in connection with the case. Vaze has also been accused of being involved in Mansukh Hiran's death.