India News | Court Rejects Sachin Waze's Plea for House Custody
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A court here on Wednesday rejected former police officer Sachin Waze's request that he be put under house custody instead of being sent back to jail following a heart surgery.
Mumbai, Sep 29 (PTI) A court here on Wednesday rejected former police officer Sachin Waze's request that he be put under house custody instead of being sent back to jail following a heart surgery.
Also Read | Stray Cow Attacks Octogenarian, Kicks and Tramples Him to Death in Broad Daylight in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad.
Waze, the prime accused in the case of an SUV with explosives found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence `Antilia' and the subsequent murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran, recently underwent open heart surgery at a city hospital.
Last week his lawyer had applied to the special NIA court that Waze be allowed to recover at home.
But the National Investigation Agency (NIA) opposed the plea, saying he might abscond if put under house custody.
Judge A T Wankhede rejected Waze's plea on Wednesday.
He will now be shifted to the Taloja jail hospital, prosecution sources said.
The court has allowed him home food and also directed that he should be taken to the government-run J J hospital for a check-up when needed.
Waze and nine other accused in the case are currently in judicial custody.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)