Mumbai (Maharashtra), June 17 -- : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested Shiv Sena leader and former 'encounter specialist' of Mumbai Police, Pradeep Sharma in connection with the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiren murder case on Thursday, sources said.

According to sources, Sharma is being taken to the JJ Hospital for the medical test and will be produced before a court later today.

Earlier, in the day, the NIA had conducted a raid at the residence of the Shiv Sena leader.

More details on the matter are awaited.

This comes after the NIA had arrested two more persons in connection with the Antilia bomb scare case on June 15.

Last month, NIA had arrested Inspector of the Mumbai Police Crime Branch, Sunil Mane fo...