D G Vanzara, an
IPS officer of Gujarat cadre and encounter specialist, is back home in Gujarat.
He served jail in an alleged fake encounter case for 8 years and after one more
year, the court has allowed him to go home. After coming out of Sabarmati Jail
in Ahmedabad, he flew to Mumbai as that was a term of the bail condition. He was
charged for encounter of Isharat Jehan and group, along with Sohrabuddin and
Tulsi Prajapati encounter cases.
It has now been
confirmed that Ishrat Jahan was a suicide bomber and was going to Ahmedabad to
kill the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Whether that was a fake or genuine
encounter has not been confirmed, but the popular perception is for Vanjara.
People think that a terrorist needs to be eliminated in any manner. Ends matter
more in these type of situations than means. Had Ishrat Jahan succeeded, she
would have killed many more people apart from Mr. Modi. Similarly, Sohrabuddin
was wanted by police of four states. He used to keep A K – 47.
Controversial Encounters of D G Vanjara
Following are
some of the encounters handled by Mr. Vanjara which had become quite
controversial:
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Sameer
Khan Encounter of September, 2002
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Sadik
Jamal Encounter of 2003
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Ishrat
Jahan along with three other terrorists on June 14. 2004
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Sohrabuddin
Encounter in 2005
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Suspected
killing of Sohrabuddin wife Kausar Bi
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Sohrabuddin
friend Tulsi Prajapati encounter in December, 2006
Along with
Vanjara, many other senior IPS officers have been jailed for these encounters. Almost
all of them had worked under Vanjara.
D G Vanajara was
considered quite close to Narendra Modi. However, in a letter that he had
written from jail, he showed little bit of disappointment for Modi. He was
considered a super cop of Gujarat Police, and retired in 2014 – while being in
jail – as a Deputy Inspector General of Police. The cases are still going on
and it is widely believed that Modi haters will use Vanjara name to attack the
Prime Minister of India.
Family of D G Vanjara
D G Vanzara is
married to Gauriben Vanzara. The couple has a son named Prthviraj Vanzara. It
was Prithviraj who stood firm with his father and took care of all legal cases.
He had to travel constantly from Maharashtra to Gujarat. He had deep faith in
the Indian judiciary system and well aware of the fact that his father has just
victim of dirty politics of India.
The brother of D
G Vanzara is K G Vanzara. It should be mentioned here that the daughter of K G
Vanzara is deputy superintendent of Police of Gujarat. Her name is Majitha.
Further, his daughter in law Shudhambika had cracked the UPSC Civil Services
Examination. The entire Vanzara family is close and they stood behind D G
Vanzara in his time of crisis.
D G Vanzara is
also not expected to join politics. There is no denying that he regards Modi in
high esteem. However, he is against Amit Shah. He had clearly showed
disappointment with Amit Shah in a letter written from jail.
Caste of D G Vanzara
As the surname
indicates, Vanzara is of Banzara caste. It is also termed as Vanzara, Gor,
Gormati or Lambani. This caste is generally found in Maharashtra. Very few
families of Vanzara caste are living in Gujarat, and D G Vanazara is one of
them.
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