Didn't meet SUV owner: Encounter specialist Sachin Vaze denies Fadnavis' claim in Ambani bomb scare case

'Encounter specialist' Sachin Vaze said he knew Mansukh Hiren, the registered owner of the Scorpio abandoned outside Mukesh Ambani's home Antilia but had not met him recently.

Sachin Vaze, the Maharashtra Police officer known as an 'encounter specialist' is in the news again. This time around, his name has cropped up in connection with the probe into the bomb scare outside Mukesh Ambani's home Antilia. Speaking in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Friday, Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis questioned Sachin Vaze's role in the Antilia bomb scare case. Barely hours later, the body of Mansukh Hiren, the registered owner of the Scorpio abandoned outside the Ambanis' home was found dead in Thane. In an exclusive interview with India Today TV, assistant police inspector (API) Sachin Vaze said, "I know Mansukh Hiren as he is also from Thane. I did not meet him recently."