After serving for 34 years, the suspended officer who is in jail for the last seven years will retire. He is lodged in Sabarmati Central Prison here.
"We are aware that he is retiring on May 31. However, there is no farewell program for him on his last day of service," said a senior prison official.
Vanzara, 59, has been in jail ever since he was arrested by the state CID in March 2007 in connection with the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh. When he was arrested, Vanzara was serving as Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of Border Range.
Recently, when some of his junior officers including Abhay Chudasama and Rajkumar Pandian were granted bail by the court, Vanzara too sought release. However, CBI opposed his plea in the Mumbai court, which denied him bail.
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Vanzara joined the police force as a Deputy Superintendent of Police in 1980 and was promoted as an IPS officer in 1987. He served as Deputy Commissioner of Police of Ahmedabad Crime Branch and was later promoted as DIG. He has worked as DIG, Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Ahmedabad.
In the letter, Vanzara termed Narendra Modi, then the Chief Minister, as his 'God', who was working under Shah's "influence".