A court has rejected former police officer Sachin Waze's request that he be put under house custody instead of being sent back to jail following heart surgery.

Waze, the prime accused in the case of an SUV with explosives found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence 'Antilia' and the subsequent murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran, recently underwent open-heart surgery at a city hospital. Last week his lawyer had applied to the special NIA court that Waze be allowed to recover at home.