Crime Intelligence Unit, once headed by Sachin Waze, gets new chief

Police Inspector Milind Kathe, the new head, was recently working with Crime Branch Unit-2 and was previously with NIA

The Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU), which was headed by suspended assistant police inspector Sachin Waze before his arrest by the NIA earlier this month, has now got a new chief, an official said on Wednesday.

Police Inspector Milind Kathe will be heading the CIU, which is currently probing the alleged TRP scam, Hrithik Roshan-Kangana Ranaut email case, the social media fake influencers case, DC Avanti car finance scam, etc.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Milind Bharambe signed the order appointing Kathe as the CIU in-charge on Tuesday. Kathe was recently working with Unit-2 of the Crime Branch, the official said. Kathe had also worked in the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

Simultaneously, 25 officers of the Mumbai police department were shifted to the Crime Branch.

The official said that Police Inspector Prashant Pawar has also been shifted to the CIU. Police Inspector Yogesh Chavan, who was earlier working with Unit-3 of the Crime Branch, has been given the charge of the Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC). Gangster Ravi Pujari is currently in the custody of the AEC.

After Waze’s arrest, newly appointed Mumbai Commissioner of Police Hemant Nagrale transferred at least 65 police officers posted in the Crime Branch to various police stations.

The NIA is probing the cases of the recovery of an explosives-laden SUV found outside the residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani last month and the subsequent murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran, the purported owner of that vehicle.

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