Ashish Pandya is a
Dy.SP in the
Indian Police Service
The Indian Police Service ( IPS) is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became independent from the British Raj.
Along with the Indian Administrative Service (I ...
, in the state of Gujarat. He came to prominence in the media as the leader of the police force accused of a
encounter in the
Tulsiram Prajapati killing
Tulsiram Prajapati was a man, who was killed while in custody at 5 am on 26 December 2005. The case is widely believed to have been an encounter killing by the Gujarat Police. DIG D.G. Vanzara has been in jail for seven years, on charges of havi ...
.
Pandya had fired the bullet which killed Prajapati in December 2006.
The discussion about the case described that Pandya managed the logistics or led the encounter with Prajapati.
In the legal statements witnesses reported that Pandya had discussed the case privately with
DIG D. G. Vanzara, a senior police officer who was also a party to the case.
When Pandya was sought for arrest he avoided police capture.
The
Criminal Investigation Department
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is the branch of a police force to which most plainclothes detectives belong in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth nations. A force's CID is distinct from its Special Branch (though officers of b ...
declared that Pandya had absconded.
On 13 May 2010 he turned himself in to the police.
In 2012 Pandya played the role of approver to the court by accusing other people in the case of faults.
The court noted this in 2015 when various people arrested in the case made a request for bail.
In May 2015 after Pandya got bail and left the jail he also got permission to rejoin the police force.
He got a new post as
Circle Inspector of police in
Bhuj
Bhuj () is a Municipality and District Headquarters of Kutch District in the state of Gujarat, India.
Etymology
According to legend, Kutch was ruled by the Nāga chieftains in the past. Sagai, a queen of Sheshapattana, who was married to Kin ...
.
In December 2018 Pandya was one of 22 people discharged from the court proceedings.
References
Indian Police Service officers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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