Antilia Case: Who is Pradeep Sharma, former cop arrested by NIA for involvement in Mukesh Ambani bomb scare incident?

Identical to Vaze, a key accused within the bomb scare case, Sharma was additionally an encounter specialist. (Categorical Picture)

The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) at this time arrested Shiv Sena chief and former Mumbai cop Pradeep Sharma in reference to the Antilia bomb scare case and businessman Mansukh Hiran’s homicide case. An area courtroom has despatched him to NIA custody until June 28. Earlier than arresting Sharma, NIA raided his Andheri residence early within the morning. He was suspected of aiding Sachin Vaze within the case. The NIA had earlier questioned him for 2 days at its workplace in south Mumbai as a part of the investigation.

The NIA had to date arrested round 10 folks in reference to the case together with Sachin Waze, Riyazuddin Kazi, Sunil Mane, former police constable Vinayak Shinde and cricket bookie Naresh Gour. The central company just lately nabbed Santosh Shelar and Anand Jadhav in reference to the case.

Who’s Pradeep Sharma?

Identical to Vaze, a key accused within the bomb scare case, Sharma was additionally an encounter specialist. In reality, Sharma is usually termed because the mentor of Sachin Vaze. A 1983-batch police officer, Pradeep Sharma labored with Mumbai Police for 25 years and is alleged to have killed over 100 gangsters throughout his tenure. Sharma’s first posting was at Mahim Police Station.

He was transferred to the crime department after being seen for his intelligence-gathering expertise. He was assigned the accountability of eliminating the infamous underworld gangs which flourished within the late Eighties and 90s.

Pradeep Sharma was concerned in encounters of Sadik Kalia Parvez Siddiqui, Rafiq Dabbawala and three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists.

Nonetheless, his journey within the police division was not free from controversy. He was dismissed in 2008 for his alleged reference to the underworld and his title cropped up within the faux 2006 encounter of Ramnarayan Gupta alias Lakkhan Bhaiyya.

He was then arrested in 2010 in reference to the case however was acquitted by a Mumbai courtroom in July 2013. After this, Sharma challenged his dismissal order in courtroom and was reinstated in 2017.

He was then given the cost of the anti-extortion cell of the Thane Police and arrested Iqbal Kaskar inside a month. He resigned from the division in 2019 to contest polls on the Shiv Sena ticket however misplaced the election.