TheNational Investigation Agency (NIA) early Saturday attempted to 'recreate' thecrime scene in which a SUV (Scorpio) with 20 gelatin sticks and a threat note,was parked near the Antilia, the home of top industrialist Mukesh Ambani,officials said.
TheNIA ferried arrested Assistant Police Inspector (API) Sachin Vaze -- currentlyin its custody till March 25 -- to the spot and tried to play out the crimescene, as it could have happened, around half a kilometre away from Antilia.
Securedby a large posse of Mumbai Police, the NIA made Vaze 'walk down the road' nearAntilia from the spot where the SUV was recovered, to check his gait, movement,timings, etc, to tally with the investigations and evidence collected so far inthe case.
Thiswas an important field probe trip for NIA with Vaze who has previously beentaken to various other locations in Mumbai and Thane to recreate the entire setof circumstances culminating in the SUV imbroglio on February 25.
TheNIA has till date seized around six high-end cars/SUVs, including two Mercedes,a Scorpio, an Innova and a Toyota LandCruiser Prado, which are undergoingspecial forensic tests by an expert team from Pune.
Whilesome of these vehicles were used by Vaze some were also driven by Thanebusinessman Mansukh Hiren, who was found dead in the Thane Creek wetlands onMarch 5.
Thedevelopment came hours after an NIA team comprising IGP Anil Shukla and SPVikram Khalate met the new Mumbai Commissioner of Police Hemant Nagrale, JointCP (Crime) Milind Bharambe and DCP (Crime) Akbar Pathan, at the policecommissionerate on Friday.
TheNIA is probing the SUV case while the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad isinvestigating the Hiren death matter.
Besides,even as NIA continues to question Mumbai Police's disgraced encounter specialistSachin Vaze on the seventh consecutive day, the accused police officer has yetnot revealed the names of the real 'mastermind' of the conspiracy on whosebehest he executed the plot to scare India's topmost industrialist MukeshAmbani, sources in the agency revealed.
Sourcesin the NIA said that Vaze is not cooperating with the agency regarding themotive and planning of deep-rooted conspiracy which shook the corporatefraternity.