India, Feb. 16 -- MUMBAI: A special NIA court on Saturday rejected the discharge plea of former encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma, arrested in connection with the Antillia explosives scare case and the murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran.

Sharma is accused of helping his former colleague and the main accused in the Antillia bomb scare case, Sachin Waze, in committing the murder of Hiran, whose green-coloured Mahindra Scorpio vehicle was found parked near Antillia on February 25, 2021, with 20 loose gelatin sticks and a note threatening to kill the Ambani family. Hiran was subsequently found dead in a creek in Thane on March 5, 2021.

The NIA alleged that dismissed police officer Sachin Waze, who at the time headed the Crime Intelligenc...