Archive · 4 Oct 2026
Advocate Gives CBI New Evidence in Disha Salian Death Case
Disha Salian died after falling from a building in Malad in June 2020.
Police treated her death as a suicide and said they found no evidence of foul play.
A state investigation team reached a similar conclusion in 2023.
Now, advocate Nilesh Ojha says he has given the CBI new evidence.
He points to a report saying Sachin Vaze was reinstated and assigned to a police unit shortly before Salian died.
Ojha alleges that Vaze’s appointment broke rules and was part of a conspiracy.
Those allegations are not presented as proven facts.
Ojha says he wants the High Court to oversee further investigation and has said he plans to file a petition.
Advocate Nilesh Ojha says he submitted new evidence to the CBI in the Disha Salian death case.
Ojha cited a report to the Home Ministry stating that Sachin Vaze was reinstated on June 5, 2020, and assigned to the Crime Intelligence Unit.
Ojha alleges Vaze’s appointment to the unit breached rules and links his reinstatement to a conspiracy; these are his claims, not established findings in the article.
Ojha says his letter to the CBI made three further demands and that he plans to petition the High Court for custodial interrogation and court-supervised investigation.
Police and a state-formed SIT concluded that Salian’s death was a suicide and found no indication of foul play.
- Who
- Advocate Nilesh Ojha submitted evidence to the CBI concerning the death of Disha Salian.
- What
- Ojha cited a report about Sachin Vaze’s reinstatement and assignment, and said he plans to seek High Court-supervised investigation.
- When
- Salian died on June 9, 2020; the cited report says Vaze was reinstated on June 5, 2020. Ojha said he submitted the evidence to the CBI today, as reported, but the article gives no calendar date for that submission.
- Where
- Salian fell from a building in Malad; Ojha submitted the evidence to the CBI.
- Why
- Ojha says the evidence raises questions about the case and supports his allegations of a conspiracy and cover-up.
Ojha’s allegations
Police and SIT findings
Whether the death involved foul play
Ojha’s allegations
Ojha alleges a conspiracy involving Salian’s murder and a subsequent cover-up.
Police and SIT findings
Malwani police concluded the death was a suicide with no evidence of foul play; the state-formed SIT also found no indication of foul play.
Significance of Sachin Vaze’s appointment
Ojha’s allegations
Ojha says Vaze was reinstated urgently and assigned to the Crime Intelligence Unit despite not meeting the required rank, and alleges the appointment was linked to a conspiracy.
Police and SIT findings
The article reports no response from the CBI, police, or Vaze to Ojha’s claims; it says the police and SIT found no indication of foul play.
- Person who submitted evidence
- Advocate Nilesh Ojha
- Agency receiving evidence
- Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
- Date of Salian’s death
- June 9, 2020
- Reported time of death
- Around 2:25 a.m.
- Reported location
- A building in Malad
- Date of Vaze’s reinstatement, according to the cited report
- June 5, 2020
- Police and SIT conclusions
- Police classified the death as a suicide, and the state-formed SIT found no indication of foul play.