‘Encounter specialist' police officer Daya Nayak, who was suspended following complaints that he owned assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, had been reinstated after the Mumbai Police revoked his suspension order, Mumbai Police's official spokesperson Nisar Tamboli told The Hindu on Saturday.
“He has been posted in the Local Arms unit in the same designation which he held when he was suspended,” Mr. Tamboli said.
Mr. Nayak's suspension was revoked by a police committee and the order was signed by Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik on Saturday. Mr. Nayak is known to have killed more than 80 gangsters in encounters.
Mr. Nayak was arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau in 2006 on the complaint by former journalist Ketan Tirodkar. He was given bail after 60 days of arrest as the police failed to file a charge sheet in the stipulated period.
Mr. Nayak has been under suspension since 2006. No substantial evidence was found against the policeman during the investigation, police sources said.
In 2010, the Supreme Court quashed all the charges against him under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
Keywords: Encounter specialist, Daya Nayak, Mumbai police
Satyameva Jayate :). Mr.Daya Nayak was a scapegoat of the underworld's conspiracy to cease him off. He has won the battle finally. But the way he was treated was inhuman. No system under the sun can treat a honest officer like him who had dedicated his life in curbing underworld thereby mitigating terrorist activities. And the person who filed the disproportionate case should be jailed.
The entire episode has been a drama and a farce and also shows how much political clout can be wielded by criminal forces in India. This is indeed frightening, and kudos to the courts which seem to be the only bulwark in Indian society against total anarchy and rule of crime! How can public servant be suspended AND committed behind bars (especially a policeman), just on some complaint? Has there been any action against the person who has complained (whatever his reasons or motivation?). By now, I thought he must be behind bars, serving a long sentence for tarnishing the image of a public servant? Something is badly gone wrong in the system.....
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