NIA charge sheet reconstructs ‘Antilia’ bomb scare with statements

Detailed accounts taken from the Ambani residence’s security head; accused Sachin Vaze’s official driver; and the son of murdered businessman Mansukh Hiren

A scheduled visit of industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s wife Nita Ambani Jamnagar in to Gujarat was rescheduled and then cancelled on his and the zonal Deputy Commissioner of Police’s advice after the recovery of an explosives-laden SUV outside their house ‘Antilia’ in south Mumbai in February this year, the security head of the residence has said in his statement to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Another security guard working near ‘Antilia’, in his statement to the NIA has said, since that day, residents of nearby buildings “have not seen the same fear free atmosphere as before”. “I would like to say that the incident has created a fear in my mind. It is definitely scary for us that an explosive substance like gelatin was found in a suspicious vehicle near our building,” the guard said in his statement to the NIA.