Times of India: Mumbai: Wednesday, May 10, 2017.
Former
encounter specialist and accused in the 2003 Sayyed Khwaja Yunus custodial
death case Sachin Vaze was on Monday granted anticipatory bail in an alleged
extortion case involving a Vasai doctor. The Palghar crime branch had moved a
remand application before the Vasai sessions court naming Vaze as a wanted
accused.
Sessions
judge N R Pradhan held that the former officer having friendly relations with
the main accused is not an offence and his custodial interrogation is not
necessary.
Vaze's named
cropped up during interrogation of Anil Yadav (40), a government doctor and
Right To Information (RTI) activist held in three cases of extorting money and
threatening builders in the Vasai-Virar region. He had reportedly named Vaze
(45) as an accomplice.
Yadav and
Vaze were charged under sections 384, 386 (extortion), 201 (causing
disappearance of evidence), 212 (harbouring offender) of the IPC and under
sections of the Arms Act. Vaze was accused of having advised Yadav to destroy
his mobile and SIM card and harbouring the main accused Yadav.
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