A day after demanding the resignation of Home MinisterAnil Deshmukh, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray on Sundaysought a Central probe into how an explosives-laden SUV came to be parked nearthe home of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, besides firing a salvo of unansweredquestions.
"The basic issues are getting sidelined. How did theSUV with explosives (gelatin sticks) come to be parked near Antilia? Wesuspected that it was done by terrorists, but now it seems that it was the handiworkof the police," Raj Thackeray told mediapersons.
Seeking a probe into the entire affair, he said,"Who authorised (arrested-suspended cop) Sachin Vaze to dump that SUV?From where the gelatin sticks were sourced?"
The MNS chief said that all these points raise questionson the nexus between Vaze and Param Bir Singh, former Mumbai Commissioner ofPolice, who dropped a 'letter-bomb' on Saturday evening that triggered a hugepolitical row in the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra.
The MNS leader, who is the estranged cousin of ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackeray, appealed to the Centre to conduct a thorough probeinto the matter so that the truth could emerge without diverting the realissues form a maze of wild speculation, half-truths and hidden facts.