DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
1 NOVEMBER 2020 Mansukh Hiran, a Thane-based businessman dealing in automobile spare parts, loans a light green Mahindra Scorpio to assistant police inspector Sachin Vaze, an acquaintance of his
2 FEBRUARY 5, 2021 Vaze returns the Scorpio to Hiran after it develops a steering problem
3 FEBRUARY 17 Hiran leaves the Scorpio parked on the eastern express highway at Vikhroli, reportedly after the steering gets jammed. He takes a cab to his office in Mahatma Phule Mandai (formerly Crawford Market) in south Mumbai, which is near Vaze’s office in the Mumbai Police Commissioner’s building
4 FEBRUARY 18 Hiran returns to Vikhroli to fetch his car and
