India, Feb. 13 -- Mansukh Hiran murder case

MUMBAI: Former encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma has filed an application before a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court, urging it to call for the statements recorded by the NIA of former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh in connection to the cases of the Antilia explosives scare and subsequent murder of Thane trader, Mansukh Hiran.

In his plea, Sharma has stated that he has come to know that Singh, in his statement before the NIA, had stated that their meetings (meetings between Singh, Sharma and co-accused Sachin Waze) on February 28, 2021, and March 2, 2021, were regarding the Suresh Pujari gang and had nothing to do with Hiran's murder.

Sharma has also mentioned th...