Vital evidence in Mansukh Hiren murder destroyed: Maharashtra ATS

Mumbai: Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Tuesday said that the accused involved in Thane businessman Mansukh Hiren case had destroyed certain vital evidence in the matter.

Additional Director-General of Police Jai Jeet Singh told media persons that accused had destroyed or disposed off mobile phones, SIM cards and CCTV footages.

The key arrests in the case effected on Sunday include former dismissed-convicted police official Vinayak Shinde, undergoing a life-term in jail but out on parole since May 2020, and a cricket bookie Naresh Gor.

Both of them were taken to the wetlands in Thane creek near Mumbra where Hiren’s body was found on March 5.

Besides, there’s the prime accused arrested-suspended Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze now in custody of National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the February 25 SUV planting case near Antilia, the home of industrialist Mukesh Ambani.

Mr Singh added that when Vaze’s NIA custody gets over on March 25, the ATS would seek his custody for further investigations. The ATS has already raided the API’s home and some warehouses in Bhiwandi to collect more evidence. (UNI)