Overview
- The NIA, which filed a 145-page reply Monday, asked the court to dismiss Sachin Waze’s discharge plea.
- The agency said Waze was directly involved and listed offences that include a terrorist conspiracy, a terrorist act, membership of a terrorist gang, kidnapping for murder, the murder of Mansukh Hiren, and destruction of evidence.
- It urged the judge to reject the plea with costs and to frame charges against Waze and other accused persons.
- Waze argued that the NIA Act and the anti-terror law UAPA lacked proper approval in his case and said the SUV incident looked like a hoax rather than terrorism.
- Discharge is a pre-trial filter, so a denial would push the case to a full trial as Waze remains in custody over the 2021 Antilia SUV scare and Hiren’s death.