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Mumbai: A special court here on Monday refused to grant to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) the custody of police officer Sachin Waje, who was sacked for questioning in the Antilia bomb case, but he was shifted to a private hospital for treatment of heart ailment. allowed to enroll.
The court said that the cost of such treatment would have to be borne by Vaze and his family.
Vaze, who is currently in judicial custody, told the court through his lawyer that he had “90 per cent blockage” in three of his arteries and that doctors had advised immediate surgery.
He urged the court to allow him to seek private medical treatment, saying he did not want to die in custody like tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest Stan Swamy.
Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case, died on July 5 while awaiting bail on health grounds.
Last week, the NIA moved a special court seeking five days’ custody of Vaze and his co-accused and former police officer Sunil Mane for two days in the Antilia bomb case.
Both the accused are presently in judicial custody along with eight other accused arrested in the case.
The special court on Monday also refused to give Mane’s custody to the NIA.
Earlier, Wez was in NIA custody for 28 days and Mane for 15 days.
The NIA, while seeking further custody, had said that it wanted to interrogate Wez and Mane to corroborate the statements of witnesses in the case.
Vaze was arrested by the NIA on February 25 for his alleged involvement in the possession of an explosives-laden vehicle on Carmichael Road near Antilia, the residence of billionaire Mukesh Ambani. Later, he was booked for the murder of Thane-based businessman Mansukh Hiran, who was allegedly the owner of the car.
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