MUMBAI: The Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU), the elite wing of Mumbai Police’s crime branch, has suddenly lost its sheen. With the arrest and dismissal of assistant police inspector Sachin Waze, CIU’s high-profile cases have been transferred to other units. Waze has been accused of planting gelatines in a vehicle parked near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s bungalow and the subsequent murder of the vehicle owner, Mansukh Hiran.
The TRP manipulation scam and dual car registration racket has been taken over by assistant commissioner of police Shashank Sanbhor, the fake influencer racket, which started with the complaints of Bollywood playback singer Bhoomi Trivedi, has been transferred to the cyber crime cell.
The complaint of actress Koena Mitra of Bigg Boss and actor Hrithik Roshan’s 2016 complaint of an unknown person impersonating him and sending emails to people has been sent back to the cyber cell. “The cricket betting racket in which Waze and his team raided a place in Mulund and summoned several bookies too has been transferred to crime branch unit 7, the multiple call centre racket in Andheri, Oshiwara and Malad has been transferred to crime branch unit 11,” said an official.
