NIA Questions Ex-Mumbai Top Cop Over Sachin Waze Reinstatement, Cases

Sachin Waze will also be questioned by the CBI while in NIA custody; this is connection to Param Bir Singh's corruption allegations against Anil Deshmukh

The NIA on Wednesday recorded former Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh's statement as it began wrapping up its nearly month-long investigation into the Mukesh Ambani bomb scare case. The central agency also said it would hand over "all evidence of corruption - as far as (Sachin) Waze and other Mumbai cops are concerned" to the CBI, which late last night began a 'preliminary inquiry into Mr Singh's corruption allegations against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh A senior NIA official said Mr Singh had been questioned on the reinstatement of Sachin Waze - the Mumbai cop arrested in connection with the bomb scare - after a 16-year period. He was also questioned over his (Waze's) posting to the Crime Branch and the cases that he was assigned. According to the NIA official, the timeline of Waze's postings and cases had to be cross-checked, and that was why questioning Mr Singh - who was Mumbai Police Commissioner - was significant.