On Friday, Mumbai police said, that the owner of the vehicle with explosives which was parked near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence last week, was found dead in a creek in neighboring Thane.
Hiren Deshmuk, the owner of the vehicle was found dead after he went missing on Thursday night as per his family. The body was found on the banks of the creek along the Mumbra Reti Bunder road in the morning, a senior official of Thane Police said.
Mansukh’s Scorpio with 20 gelatin sticks inside was found near ‘Antilia’, Ambani’s multi-storey residence in South Mumbai, on February 25. Police had said it had been stolen from Airoli-Mulund Bridge on February 18.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said the deceased was not the real owner of the vehicle.
The probe of the case has been handed over from Mumbai Crime Branch to the state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) now, he announced.
Crime Branch of Mumbai police had recorded Mansukh’s statement in the case. Mansukh, who was in vehicle spare parts business, had said he had lodged a police complaint after the SUV was stolen.
A Mumbai crime branch official, meanwhile, said that Mansukh had complained to the police that some local police officials and journalists were harassing him for the last few days.
He had written letters to police commissioners of Thane and Mumbai where he also mentioned that he was disturbed and under stress due to this harassment, the official claimed. PTI