NIA raids places in Mumbai

Mumbai, April 1: The NIA conducted searches at a hotel and a club in south Mumbai and a flat in neighbouring Thane on Thursday in connection with its probe into the case of an explosives-laden SUV found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence and the murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran, an official said.
A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) reached the Soni building, where the hotel and the club are situated, around 12.45 pm. Customers and staff members of the hotel were asked to vacate the premises, located near the Babulnath temple. During the search, the NIA sleuths also made enquiries with a few people at the club and the hotel, the official said.
The probe team left the place after over three hours.
Suspended Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze, whom the NIA arrested last month in connection with the case, had been recently brought by the probe agency to the Babulnath area as part of its probe, sources said. Another NIA team conducted searches at a flat in Mira Road area in Thane. (PTI)