SUV bomb scare: Dismissed cop Kazi destroyed evidence, says NIA court

A special NIA court here while denying bail to dismissed policeman Riyazuddin Kazi arrested in the Antilia bomb scare case has held that he had knowledge of the conspiracy hatched for placing explosives near the residence of businessman Mukesh AmbaniThe court further noted that Kazi had destroyed the evidence at the behest of coaccused Sachin Waze and thus aided in the offence committed under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPASpecial Judge A T Wankhede had rejected Kazis bail plea on March 1 and the detailed order was made available on FridayKazi who had closely worked with accused policeman Sachin Waze was posted with the crime intelligence unit of the Mumbai Crime Branch when the gelatin sticksladen Scorpio car was found outside Antilia the official residence of AmbaniHe has been arrested for his alleged role in destroying evidence pertaining to the caseThe court in its order said Prima facie it appears from the previous and subsequent conduct of the accused that he was having knowledge of the main objectpurpose of the conspiracy hatched for placing the gelatin sticksladen vehicle at Carmichael Road near Ambanis residenceThe accused at the instance of Waze had collected the DVRs CPU etc to destroy the evidence the order statedUltimately the applicant accused aided and abetted for the commission of the offence under the UAPA the judge addedKazis lawyer had argued that there was no evidence from which inference can be drawn that the applicant had conspired with WazeHowever the material placed on record by the prosecution prima facie suggests about the conspiracy hatched by the applicantaccused with that of the accused number one Waze the court saidThe court observed that it is being tried to impress that acts done by Kazi were an outcome of his following the orders of his superiorsAlthough some directions were issued by Waze Kazi was expected to follow the due procedure of law Prima facie it seems that he had given a go by to all the procedure in order to destroy the evidence the court saidKazi has been charged with sections 120B party to criminal conspiracy and 201 causing disappearance of evidence of offence of the IPCKazis role came to light after Waze was arrested on March 13 last year The other accused in the case include former encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma and former policemen Vinayak Shinde and Sunil ManeAn explosivesladen SUV was found near Ambanis house in south Mumbai on February 25 last year and businessman Mansukh Hiran who had claimed he was in possession of the SUV before it was stolen was found dead in a creek in Thane some days later on March 5This 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