‘Prima facie evidence of aiding Sachin Waze’: Court rejects discharge plea of dismissed cop
A special court has rejected the discharge plea of dismissed Mumbai policeman Riyazuddin Kazi, booked in the Antilia terror scare case, observing that Kazi had given a go-by to procedure to destroy evidence at the behest of colleague and main accused Sachin Waze. Kazi was arrested along with nine others in 2021.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) charged him under sections pertaining to criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence, while Waze and others were also booked on charges of anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Kazi, who is out on bail, had sought discharge on the grounds including that he had merely followed orders of Waze, who was the investigating officer of the case initially. The NIA claims that Kazi, an assistant inspector then, had seized the Digit...