Mumbai: A special court here on Wednesday extended till May 1 suspended Mumbai police officer Sunil Mane's National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody.
Appearing for the NIA, special public prosecutor Prakash Shetty told special NIA court judge Rahul Bhosle that the central agency's probe so far had revealed that Mane was involved in Hiran's killing.
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Shetty said that the NIA had recorded the statements of accused persons as well as witnesses confirming that at the time of Hiran's killing, Mane had taken the businessman's phone, switched it off, and kept it in a bag.
Mane and another police officer Sachin Waze, who has been arrested and later suspended in connection with the case, had used an alias to call Hiran to Thane, the NIA told the court.
Mane and Waze later took Hiran's phone to Vasai and switched it on to make it seem as if Hiran was in Vasai, Shetty told the court while seeking that Mane's custody be extended for further investigation.
Mane's counsel Aditya Gore, however, opposed the extension of his remand.
Gore had earlier told the court that Mane had been cooperating with the probe and there was no need for an extension of his custody.
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