Ex-Mumbai Police "Encounter Specialist" Raided In Ambani Bomb Scare Probe

Pradeep Sharma - seen as mentor of former Assistant Inspector Sachin Waze, who is in NIA custody over links to the bomb scare and death of Mansukh Hiran - was questioned in April.

The NIA on Thursday morning raided the home of former Mumbai Police 'encounter specialist' Pradeep Sharma in connection with the Mukesh Ambani bomb scare investigation. A team from the central agency arrived at Sharma's home at 5 am and have been conducting searches since. Sharma - seen as former Assistant Inspector Sachin Waze's mentor - was questioned in April. At that time an agency official said they had "some definitive clues that some help could have been provided by Sharma in the Mansukh Hiran case". Waze - who is already in NIA custody after being linked to the bomb scare and death of businessman Mansukh Hiran - told NIA that the gelatine sticks found in the SUV near the Ambani residence were procured through Pradeep Sharma's contact.