Mumbai Police inspector and ‘Encounter Specialist’ Daya Nayak (Image: News18 India)
A controversial Mumbai police official, Daya Nayak, has confronted suspension on disciplinary grounds and is well-known for gunning down greater than 80 gangsters in “encounters”
Police inspector Daya Nayak, also called ‘Encounter specialist’, has been transferred from the Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS), sources instructed CNN-News18 on Monday.
A 1995-batch officer of the state cadre, Nayak was with the Maharashtra ATS (Anti-Terrorism Squad) in Mumbai and headed the elite drive’s unit based mostly in suburban Juhu. Nayak, who has been a topic of controversy, has beforehand been suspended on disciplinary grounds.
Nayak was beneath suspension for practically six-and-a-half years after the Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested him in 2006 following complaints by former journalist Ketan Tirodkar that he owned belongings disproportionate to his recognized sources of revenue and alleged underworld hyperlinks.
In 2009, the then Director General of Police S S Virk denied permission to prosecute Nayak within the case with a comment that there have been inadequate grounds and cleared him of all fees. The Supreme Court, in 2010 quashed all the fees towards him beneath the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
He was reinstated in service in June 2012 and posted in an area arms wing of the division. After a quick stint, he was transferred to the west area (Bandra to Andheri), thought-about a high-profile zone within the metropolis.
He was then transferred to Nagpur in 2014, pending inquiries towards him. However, he didn’t be part of obligation there. Nayak had reportedly despatched letters to each the state authorities and the DGP, stating that he was unable to journey to Nagpur attributable to considerations over his security and the protection of his household, citing threats.
However, in 2015, he has suspended once more for not reporting to Nagpur the place he had been transferred a 12 months earlier than. The suspension order got here from the then Maharashtra director common of police (DGP), Sanjeev Dayal.
In 2016, he was reinstated to police service by the state authorities.
In 2021, he transferred to Maharashtra’s Gondia district. According to a switch order issued by the state police headquarters, Nayak was connected to the caste certificates verification committee. He moved the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) difficult the switch order.
A couple of days after the order, Nayak instructed the press that the MAT has stayed his switch.
‘Encounter Specialist’
Nayak is thought to have killed greater than 80 gangsters in “encounters”, together with Vinod Matkar, Rafik Dabba, Sadik Kalia and three Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives.
(With inputs from PTI)
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