Sachin Waze had confronted chargesheet in 2018 for destroying proof in extortion case

Suspended Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze, arrested earlier this week by NIA for his alleged function within the Ambani safety scare, was chargesheeted in 2018 by Vasai police’s crime department for allegedly destroying proof in an extortion case filed on the criticism of a developer.
Waze was not a part of Mumbai Police then, as he had been suspended in 2004 in connection to the custodial dying of Khwaja Yunus. He was reinstated on June 5, 2020.
Vijay Sagar, DCP of Mira-Bhayandar Vasai-Virar police, stated that Waze was chargesheeted for extortion. Crime department sources stated he was by no means arrested, as he had secured anticipatory bail. While the trial is but to start within the case, Waze was accused by the native crime department of violating his anticipatory bail situations.
According to case particulars, in 2017, an actual property developer had lodged a criticism at Vasai police station, alleging {that a} gang was extorting from him and threatening to take motion in opposition to his undertaking in Naigaon. The complainant had named Dr Anil Yadav (42) and his aide Amol Patil (46) within the FIR registered on March 26, 2017.
The modus operandi of the gang was to gather details about builders below the Right to Information Act and threaten to take motion in opposition to them. The FIR says a gang member had allegedly pointed a licensed pistol owned by Yadav and threatened to kill the complainant un much less he paid the extortion. The accused had allegedly demanded Rs 25 lakh and extorted Rs 2 lakh. They have been threatening him for the remainder of the quantity, the FIR says.
“The complainant had not named Waze in the FIR. Waze’s name cropped up during investigations,m along with the name of a former corporator from Nalasopara. But the corporator was not named in the chargesheet, as there was no strong evidence,” an officer stated.
Waze had allegedly helped Anil Yadav flee to Ghaziabad in 2017 and additional tutored him on how one can destroy proof by throwing away his cellphone.