Mumbai (Maharashtra): The Mumbai Police on Saturday suspended Sunil Mane, an inspector of the Mumbai Police Crime Branch. He was arrested by The National Investigation Agency on Friday in connection with the Antilia bomb scare case.
A special NIA court in Mumbai on Friday had remanded police officer Sunil Mane to the central probe agency's custody till April 28 in the Antilia bomb scare case and also extended till May 5 the judicial remand of suspended assistant inspector Sachin Vaze.
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Appearing for the NIA, special public prosecutor Prakash Shetty told the court that the central agency needed to question Mane and obtain his electronic devices, call records, etc since Mane was 'involved' in Hiran's alleged killing.
The agency informed the NIA court that Mane was probably present at the spot where Hiran was killed, the allegation which is being denied by Mane's counsel, advocate Aditya Gore.
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Gore told the court Mane had been questioned by NIA on previous occasions as well and that he had been cooperating with the probe.
Mane is the third police officer to be arrested in the case, after Vaze and the latter's Crime Branch colleague Riyaz Kazi.
Both Vaze and Kazi are presently in judicial custody.
