Rs 26.50L withdrawn from Sachin Waze's joint account after arrest: NIA

The NIA has found that an amount of Rs 2650 lakh was withdrawn from the joint bank account of Sachin Waze and his aide on March 18 five days after the Mumbai police officer was arrested for his alleged role in planting an explosivesladen SUV outside industrialist Mukesh Ambanis home on February 25 the court was told on SaturdayWithout naming Wazes accomplice the National Investigation Agency said certain incriminating material was also taken out by someone from the joint locker of Waze and his aide who is a suspect in the case from a bank located in Versova area in MumbaiThe special court extended the custody of Waze till April 7 after the investigating agency told the court that it had recovered incriminating material including laptops DVRs Digital Video Recorders a CPU etc in a damaged condition during the probe and they need to be examinedThe NIA is also probing the murder of Thanebased businessman Mansukh Hiran the purported owner of the Scorpio SUV which was found parked near Ambanis south Mumbai residence AntiliaThe NIA told the court that Waze was seen moving near the scene of the crime on March 4 a day before Hirans body was found in the creek in Mumbra in Thane districtThe NIA told the court that a Mercedes car was seized on April 2The agency had also recovered a diary from a club in south Mumbai mentioning that a huge amount had been paid to WazeThe agency told the court it had found the passport of an unknown person at Wazes house and needs his further custody to identify that personAdditional Solicitor General Anil Singh told the court Waze held a joint bank account and a joint locker with his accompliceThe bank account had 2650 lakh on the day of Wazes arrest on March 13However the cash was found to be withdrawn on March 18 Singh told the court adding that some incriminating material was also found to be taken out from the bank lockerSeeking Wazes custody for another six days Mr Singh said the NIA needs to trace the incriminating material that went missing from the bank locker and also wants to find out who was using the Mercedes car seized on April 2 and under whose instructionsSome incriminating material was also seized during the search conducted at the house of former policeman and coaccused Vinayak Shinde Mr Singh said adding the NIA will confront Waze with the recovered evidenceThe NIA also needs to examine the CCTV footage data it had seized during the investigation and needs to confront Waze and other accused with itOpposing the NIAs plea Wazes lawyer Abad Ponda said the NIA can seek remand of the accused under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention UAPA Act after the lapse of 15 daysHowever the NIA has not mentioned a single ground seeking the extension of Wazes custody under the UAPA in its remand application he saidMr Ponda rejected the NIAs contention that Waze held a joint account in the bank in VersovaHe demanded that the NIA show the bank account opening form with the name and signature of the accused which the agency rejectedReferring to the recovery of electronic devices from the Mithi river in Mumbai by the NIA Mr Ponda said as it is a huge river anyone can dump anything into itHe said the NIA had planted these devices into the river which it later showed as being recovered during the investigationHe said Waze had nothing to do with these materials recovered by the NIAThe recovery is based on their skill and volition and completely foisted upon me Waze Mr Ponda addedMeanwhile Waze told the court that he was suffering from some cardiac issues and had suffered a stroke on SundayWaze had demanded his examination by a cardiologistWazes lawyer submitted in court that the police officer has a blockage in his heart that can be treated only by angiography and angioplastyHowever the NIA said they had run diagnostics and found that Wazes heart was functioning normallyWe did ECG and blood test 2D EchoHis heart is working normally Doctors had advised him a bypass surgery in 2019 but he didnt do it then the NIA said adding Waze was being provided the required treatment and that his health was being monitoredThe court then directed the NIA to submit a detailed report on the next day on whether Waze needs a specific treatmentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever