IPS officer Rajnish Rai
Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rajnish Rai, who had probed Sohrabuddin encounter case and arrested his colleagues, then DIG D G Vanzara among others, has sought voluntary retirement reportedly for “personal reasons”. Rai had also reported about a fake encounter by the Army in Assam.
While Rai could not be reached for comments, sources close to him said that he wants to get into academics and therefore has sought early retirement.
At present, Rai is posted at Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh at the Counter Insurgency and Anti Terrorism (CIAT) School of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
Sources said that he wrote a letter, dated August 24, to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), stating that he “wants voluntary retirement for personal reasons”.
Sources in the MHA said that Rai is facing several inquiries, including in the case of his report alleging fake encounter by the Army in Assam. “The inquiry is about to be completed and further decision will be based on the outcome”, MHA sources said.
An IPS officer of 1992 batch, Rai has had several run-ins with the Gujarat government after 2007, the year he led the arrest of about a dozen police officers in the…
