Gandhinagar: After spending nine years behind the bars, retired Gujarat IPS officer DG Vanzara stepped in Gujarat on Friday to much fanfare. His family members were seen rejoicing his return. In a video which has been doing rounds on various media platforms, he was seen dancing to drum beats. The pomp and show testified during his reception is worth watching.
Vanzara was greeted by the crowd in a grand reception, with several garlands around his neck and chants of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’.
"I was in Sabarmati jail and six years in Maharashtra and at that time there were conditions on me. Now after nine years, I am coming to Gujarat from Maharashtra and I am happy that so many people have come to receive me. This programme is just a glimpse of my reception," Vanzara said.
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He returned home for the first time since his arrest on April 24, 2007, by CID (Crime) led by IPS officer Rajnish Rai in connection with the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kauser Bi in 2004.
Earlier, Vanzara was granted bail by a special court in Gujarat in connection with the encounter case and the court had asked him to submit a surety bond of Rs 2 lakh.
Vanzara was confined to Mumbai on the bail condition imposed by the Bombay High Court in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case.
Last month, the Bombay High Court lifted this condition and allowed him to leave Mumbai. However, Vanzara had moved the Ahmedabad special CBI court due to the condition imposed in the Ishrat Jahan case.
