Bomb scare case: Waze seeks presence of blood relative at hospital

Dismissed Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze, an accused in the Antilia bomb scare-Mansukh Hiran murder case, on Wednesday moved a plea before a special NIA court here through a lawyer, seeking presence of a blood relative during his treatment at a private hospital.

Waze (49) was on Tuesday admitted to SS Hospital and Research Centre in Bhiwandi town of Thane district from the Taloja central jail in Navi Mumbai where he has been lodged under judicial custody.

On Monday, special judge P R Sitre had permitted the former Assistant Police Inspector to undergo treatment for his heart ailment at the private hospital.

On Wednesday, he moved an application, through his lawyer, before the court seeking presence of a blood relative during his treatment at the hospital.

His plea is likely to be heard on Thursday.

The judge, while allowing Waze to get admitted to a private hospital, had directed the Taloja prison superintendent to submit his medical report before the court every 15 days.

The cost of treatment is to be borne by Waze and his family, the court had said.

Waze, through his lawyer, had earlier told the court that three of his arteries had ''90 per cent blockage'' and that doctors had advised immediate surgery for the same.

An explosives-laden vehicle was found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani''s south Mumbai residence ''Antilia'' on February 25. The vehicle owner Hiran, a Thane businessman who had claimed his car was stolen, was found dead in a creek on March 5.

The NIA claimed Waze was involved in the planting of the explosives and Hiran''s murder, and arrested him on March 13. He was later dismissed from police service.