In a setback for the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the special court refused to grant further custody of former assistant police inspector Sachin Waze and ex-police inspector Sunil Mane. The agency had filed a plea seeking two days custody of Waze and five days of Mane as they have found some incriminating evidence against a key suspect in the case and needed to confront the duo.

On Monday, the special judge also allowed Waze to take medical treatment at a private hospital after his lawyer submitted his medical report, which suggests that he needs to undergo a Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. The NIA in their plea mentioned, “The investigation agency has found incriminating material against a suspected accused who has a key role in the present crime. Certain points of the investigation need to be verified by confronting arrested accused Sachin Waze and Sunil Mane.”