IN THE YEAR 1982, THE MUMBAI POLICE COMMISSIONER J F RIBEIRO HAD CREATED A POLICE INSPECTORS TEAM 
TO TACKLE THE MENACE CREATED BY THE MUMBAI UNDERWORLD. THE TERM ‘ENCOUNTER SPECIALIST’ COINED AROUND THE SAME TIME WAS THE CREATION OF THE MEDIA. THESE SPECIALISTS HELPED CLEANINGTHE MUMBAI UNDERWORLD 
TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE POLICE, THE PUBLIC AND THE SOCIETY AT LARGE.CONSEQUENTLY, THESE ‘ENCOUNTER SPECIALISTS' GAINED ICONIC STATURE FOR CLEANING THE THRIVING UNDERWORLD. CRIMINALS FEARED THEM; THE MEDIA LIONISED 
THEM AND FILM-MAKERS GLORIFIED THEM ON THE SILVER SCREEN BY MAKING MOVIES BASED ON THEIR LIVES.
THE NOTED ‘ENCOUNTER SPECIALISTS’ INCLUDE, PRADEEP SHARMA-AB TAK-110, 
PRAFUL BHOSALE-AB TAK-87, DAYA NAYAK-AB TAK-83, VIJAY SALAKAR-AB TAK-50. THE LIST GOES ON.“AB TAK” MEANS VICTIMS SHOT BY THESE SO CALLED 'ENCOUNTER SPECIALISTS’.
HOWEVER, IN THE YEAR 2006, THE ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU REPORTED RECOVERED ATLEAST 9 CRORES WORTH OF ILLEGAL ASSETS IN SEPARATE RAIDS BELONGING TO THE SHARP-SHOOTING 'ENCOUNTER SPECIALIST' 
DAYA NAYAK-AB TAK-83. FROM HERE IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THESE SO CALLED ‘ENCOUNTER SPECIALISTS’ WERE HAVING BLOOD IN THEIR HANDS AND MONEY IN THEIR POCKET. THE CID, THE ACB ON THE DIRECTIVES OF SUPREME COURT STARTED PROBING THE 
PAST POLICE ENCOUNTERS. THUS OPENING UP OF THE PANDORAS BOX EXPOSING THE DARK SIDE OF THE VIGILANTE COPS. 
THE RESULT SHOWED THAT THESE ‘ENCOUNTER SPECIALISTS’ ARE SOME OF THE RICHEST PUBLIC SERVANTS IN THE COUNTRY. ON AN AVERAGE AN 'ENCOUNTER SPECIALIST’ MAKING ANYTHING BETWEEN RS 2 CRORE AND 5 CRORE ANNUALLY. THE OBVIOUS CONCLUSION THAT MANY FAKE ENCOUNTERS 
ARE TAKING PLACE FOR MONEY. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND EVIDENCE AGAINST THESE ‘SPECIALISTS’ LAW ENFORCERS.THESE ENCOUNTER SPECIALIST HAD A 
SPECIAL POLICE VEHICLE AT THEIR DISPOSAL AND WERE ALLOWED TO BREAK RULES OF TRAFFIC TO CATCH THE CRIMINALS.
THESE SO-CALLED SPECIALIST ARE ARMED WITH .38 
REVOLVER AND AK-47 GUN TUCKED INSIDE THEIR RESPECTIVE VEHICLES IN ORDER TO MEET ANY EVENTUALITY. HOWEVER, THESE WERE MISUSED BY THESE SPECIALISTS 
FOR THEIR SELFISH GAINS. THE MODUS OPERANDI BY THESE SPECIALISTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOLLOWS A SIMILAR PATTERN. “THE SITE IS ALMOST DESERTED, 
THE TIME IS ALMOST LATE NIGHT OR EARLY MORNING, AND A POLICEMAN ALMOST NEVER GETS INJURED”.
ON TOP OF THIS THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REPORTED CASES OF FAKE ENCOUNTER 
OF POLICE FOR THE YEAR 2004-05 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
UTTAR PRADESH – 54, ANDHRA PRADESH-5, UTTARKHAND-1, BIHAR-7, MADHYA PRADESH-3, MAHARASTRA-2 AND GUJARAT-1.
THE RECENT SOHRABUDDIN-KAUSERBI 
CASE IN GUJARAT IS THE FIRST INCIDENT WHERE THE PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE VICTIM AND ARE AGAINST THE POLICE. D.S VANZARA,
DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL ALONG WITH HIS ASSOCIATES MASTER MINDED THE FAKE POLICE 
ENCOUNTER IN GUJARAT. IT IS NOT A REVELATION THAT HE IS THE BLUE-EYED BOY OF THE GUJARAT CHIEF MINISTER, NARENDRA MODI. 
THE SUPREME COURT’S INTERVENTION, THE PROBE BY THE CID AND THE ADMITTANCE OF D G VANZARA
IS THE FIRST SOLID EVIDENCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY. SO DEAR FRIENDS, FROM NOW ON I BET ALL THE FUTURE POLICE ENCOUNTERS WILL BE SEEN WITH A DOUBTFUL PERSPECTIVE
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