Vanzara in dock for roughing up cop,court summons jail chief

A special CBI court here has summoned Sabarmati Central Jail authorities following a complaint by IPS officer Rajkumar Pandian that suspended DIG D G Vanzara had assaulted him inside the jail.

A special CBI court here has summoned Sabarmati Central Jail authorities following a complaint by IPS officer Rajkumar Pandian that suspended DIG D G Vanzara had assaulted him inside the jail. Both police officers were jailed in 2007 in connection with the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

Pandian has filed a complaint before the special CBI court that he was beaten up by Vanzara on July 22.

On July 26,when Pandian was produced before the court with along other accused in the case,he orally complained to CBI judge H S Khutwad that jail authorities ignored his complaints despite the fact that he was repeatedly beaten up by Vanzara.

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The judge asked him to file a written application about it and issued a notice to the jail superintendent. The next hearing has been kept for August 9.

In his complaint,Pandian has also alleged that Vanzara is being given special treatment in the jail and hence no complaints against him were entertained by authorities.

He also urged the court to register an FIR against Vanzara for beating him up on July 22.

In the past,Abdul Rehman Shaikh,who is also an accused in the Sohrabuddin case,had complained about verbal abuse by Vanzara before jail authorities,following which they had changed his barrack.

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Vanzara,Pandian,Dinesh M N and Abhay Chudasama are four IPS officers among the 17 accused behind bars in the encounter case. Former minister of state of home Amit Shah,who was also arrested in the case,has been granted bail.

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