NIA arrests former Mumbai police personnel Pradeep Sharma in Ambani security scare-Hiran murder case
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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.
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