Inspiration of Police back drop stories, legendary Daya Nayak the ‘Encounter Specialist’ was suspended again from Maharashtra Police.
Going into the details, Nayak was 1995-batch police officer. Before this incident he was under suspension for nearly six-and-a-half years after the Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested him on the suspicion of disproportionate assets and unknown sources of income in 2006.
In 2009, however, the then Director General of Police S S Virk had denied permission to prosecute Nayak in the case with a remark that there were insufficient grounds and cleared him of all charges. In 2010, the Supreme Court quashed all the charges against him under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
Later he was reinstated in service in June 2012 and posted in a local arms wing of the department. later he was transferred to west region (Bandra to Andheri) which is considered as most high profiled notorious and he was transferred to Nagpur last year, pending inquiries against him. However, Nayak did not join duty there. Nayak is known to have killed more than 80 gangsters in encounters, including Vinod Matkar, Rafik Dabba, Sadik Kalia and three Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives.
Daya Nayak is infamous for his 80 odd encounters including Vinod Matkar, Rafik Dabba, Sadik Kalia and three Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives. His recent suspension is now the talk of the nation “I have not received any such (suspension) order,” Nayak said.
