The CBI, probing the 2004 fake encounter case of Isharat Jahan and three others, today arrested suspended IPS officer DG Vanzara from Sabarmati Central Jail here
The arrest was made after permission granted by a special CBI court earlier in the day, sources said. He was already behind bars as an accused in the fake encounter cases of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsi Prajapati. He is likely to be produced before the court tomorrow when CBI would seek his custody for further interrogation.
Vanzara was brought to Sabarmati Central jail yesterday from a Mumbai jail.
The Mumbai court had on Monday issued orders to shift Vanzara to Ahmedabad jail following the order of the city CBI court to grant his custody to the investigating agency in the Ishrat Jahan case.
Earlier on Tuesday, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) of the CBI court granted permission for his arrest on an application filed by investigating officer of the case and CBI DySP G Kalaimani.
Vanzara, as per CBI complaint, had led a team of Detection of Crime Branch (DCB), Ahmedabad, which was involved in the killing of Ishrat Jahan, Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, two alleged Pakistani nationals Zeeshan Johar and Amjad Ali Rana on June 15, 2004 on the outskirts of the city.