TheNational Investigation Agency (NIA) finally after a hunt of near 10 days,caught and detained the 'mystery woman', who was seen in CCTV footage behindaccused police official Sachin Vaze in the SUV and Thane businessman's deathcase.
OnThursday evening, the team of NIA followed her at the Mumbai Airport and then detainedher. Later her home in outskirts in the western Thane district was searched andshe was questioned by the NIA officers.
Asper preliminary information, the woman was allegedly engaged in convertingblack money into white using a currency note counting machine, one of which wasfound in one of the two Mercedes Benz cars used by arrested-suspended AssistantPolice Inspector (API) Vaze which were seized by the NIA last month.
The'mystery woman' angle had emerged in the case from March 25 when CCTV grabs ofa five-star hotel showed her closely trailing Vaze out of the hotel, where hehad stayed for at least five days in mid-February, baffling the NIA sleuths.
Thedevelopments came close on the heels of a posh restaurant in Girgaum that wasraided by the NIA on Thursday morning as part of the probe into the two cases.
TheNIA has reportedly found some incriminating documents pertaining to more thanhalf a dozen mobile SIM cards used by Vaze.
Thecentral probe agency is investigating two connected matters -- the SUV Scorpiowhich was found abandoned with 20 gelatin sticks and a threat note nearAntilia, the home of industrialist Mukesh Ambani on February 25, followed bythe death of its owner, Thane businessman Mansukh Hiren whose body was found inthe Thane Creek wetlands on March 5.