NIA arrests former Mumbai police personnel Pradeep Sharma in Ambani security scare-Hiran murder case
The Hindu
An NIA team had picked up Sharma from Lonavla near Mumbai late on Wednesday night, after which he was brought to the Central agency’s office in south Mumbai for questioning, he said.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested former “encounter specialist” police officer Pradeep Sharma in Mumbai for his alleged involvement in the ‘Antilia’ bomb scare case and the murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran, an official said. An NIA team had picked up Sharma from Lonavla near Mumbai late on Wednesday night, after which he was brought to the Central agency’s office in south Mumbai for questioning, he said. “The NIA also conducted a raid at his residence located in J. B. Nagar in Mumbai’s Andheri (west) around 6 a.m., and the operation continued for several hours. The officials recovered some incriminating documents from his house,” the official said.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.