SUV explosives case: Mumbai police sacks Sachin Vaze

Sachin Vaze, the suspended assistant police inspector, arrested by the National Investigating Agency, in the case of an explosives-laden SUV found near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis house and the murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran, was on Tuesday (May 11) dismissed from police service, said a PTI report.

The order terminating Vaze’s service was issued by Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale, said a spokesperson of the city police. A 1990-batch officer of the Maharashtra cadre, Waze, also known as an “encounter cop”, was earlier suspended after his arrest by the NIA in the SUV-cum-murder case on March 13.

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“API Sachin Hindurao Vaze has been dismissed from police service. Order was issued on May 11 under Provision of 311(2)(B) Constitution of India by Commissioner of Police, Greater Mumbai,” a top official said. Waze was reinstated in the Mumbai police in June 2020 after being suspended for 16 years in a case related to alleged custodial death of a bomb blast accused.

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Post-reinstatement, he was heading the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the crime branch and handling high-profile cases, including the fake TRP case, fake social media followers’ case, the DC car finance scam and the Ambani security scare case.