Is Ambani Being Used As A Shield, Asks Sena MP

Raut wondered if there was a deliberate security breach and criticised NIA’s action in taking over the probe, saying it amounted to demoralising Mumbai Police and creating instability in the state. He said a hunger for ‘easy money’ has lowered standards of morality in the police but defended Waze as an ‘honest, successful officer and a good investigator’

- Ambarish Mishra 

Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut has said recent controversies, including the suicides of Puja Chavan and MP Mohan Delkar and the murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran followed by police officer Sachin Waze’s arrest have affected Maharashtra’s “dignity”. Writing in the party’s mouthpiece Saamna under a headline which said, “Is someone trying to use Ambani as a shield?”, he alluded to conspiracies against the state government.

Speaking to the media on Sunday, Raut also criticised the NIA’s action in taking over the probe into the death of Hiran and the explosives-laden vehicle found near the Ambani residence. He said it amounted to demoralising Mumbai Police and creating instability in Maharashtra. “They (Mumbai Police) are capable and professional. They can’t be pressured,” he said. Defending Waze in the same breath, the Rajya Sabha MP described him as an “onest, successful officer and a good investigator”.