'What About Pulwama?' Sena Questions NIA Probe Into Ambani Security Scare

The case involves a Scorpio SUV with the gelatin sticks found abandoned near Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani's Mumbai home "Antilia" last month.

Two days after Param Bir Singh was replaced as Mumbai Police Chief over the handling of the Mukesh Ambani security scare, Maharashtra's ruling Shiv Sena has raised questions on the National Investigation Agency (NIA)'s probe and the arrest of a police officer, Sachin Waze. Though the Mumbai Police chief's sacking was described by Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh as a decision by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray - the Shiv Sena chief - after "unforgivable lapses" were revealed by the probe, the editorial in Sena mouthpiece "Saamna" comes out in Param Bir Singh's support. The case is believed to have caused strain between the Shiv Sena and its ally NCP, which is Anil Deshmukh's party. "The 20 gelatin sticks found on Carmichael Road did not explode but these explosives are causing explosions in politics and the administration. The Mumbai Police Commissioner has had to go from his post because of this episode," the Sena editorial says. The case involves a Scorpio SUV with the gelatin sticks found abandoned near Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani's Mumbai home "Antilia" last month.