Waze claims shut aide of senior Maharashtra Minister requested him to gather Rs 100 cr from unlawful gutkha sellers

 In a letter written to National Investigation Agency (NIA) courtroom by suspended Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze, the police officer claimed an individual named Darshan Ghodawat, introducing himself as an in depth aide of a senior Maharashtra Minister, had requested him to gather a month-to-month quantity of Rs 100 crore from the unlawful gutkha sellers.

Waze additional stated that he had refused to take action and when he initiated motion in opposition to unlawful gutkha sellers, Ghodawat got here to his workplace and expressed the Minister’s displeasure on Waze actions in opposition to the unlawful gutkha sellers.

The suspended police officer had written a letter to the NIA courtroom on Wednesday claimed that one other Maharashtra Minister had additionally requested him to illegitimately accumulate cash for him.

The courtroom didn’t settle for the letter, stating that it was not submitted in a correct format.

Waze, who’s being probed by the NIA within the Antilia bomb scare, was produced by the company for additional custody when he tried to submit this letter. The courtroom, nevertheless, instructed him to observe due course of and didn’t settle for it.