D. G. Vanzara

Dahyaji Gobarji Vanzara is the former Inspector-General of Police (IG) of Gujarat, India. He was in judicial custody from 2007 until his bail in 2015 on charges of having conducted a series of extrajudicial killings, while heading the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS). He was discharged in the Sohrabuddin case in 2017.

Vanzara joined the Gujarat Police as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in 1980; was upgraded to an IPS officer in 1987 and retired on 31 May 2014 as Deputy IG (DIG). After being cleared in fake encounter cases in February 2020, he was promoted to Inspector-General of Police (IG) post-retirement with effect from 29 September 2007.

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