Court
prevents arrest of suspended Daya Nayak
by Sushil Pareek
Mumbai: A special court today extended interim protection to suspended police sub-inspector Daya Nayak, his wife Komal and associate Rajendra Padte till January 30 by restraining Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) from arresting them in a case of disproportionate assets. The court also asked them to appear in person on January 30 while restraining ACB from arresting them until their plea for anticipatory bail was heard. Judge S P Mahajan today heard arguments of Nayak, Komal and Padte but the arguments were not conclusive and would continue on January 30. Earlier,Nayak, his wife Komal and associate Rajendra Padte appeared before the Special Court which heard their plea for anticipatory bail. The Special Court had asked them to appear in person while limiting Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) from arresting them until their plea was heard. On January 25, the court had also asked Komal and Padte to submit their passports with the ACB. The court told that the passport of Nayak is already deposited with the Police Commissioner. The court had also directed them till the hearing of the case is not heard theyr are not allowed to leave the jurisdiction of the city. The ACB had charged Nayak with possession of assets disproportionate to his sources of income, while his wife Komal and aide Padte have been booked for allegedly helping him in laundering of his ill-gotten wealth. Daya Nayak's fall from grace began in 2004 when a petition was filed by a journalist Ketan Tirodkar, who had alleged that Nayak had links with the underworld and that he possessed disproportionate assets.
It was also alleged that Nayak used to kill the rivals of underworld dons
with whom he had made links on the pretext of police encounters. Nayak
became a celebrated police officer with over 83 encounters in his name
when he was associated with the Mumbai Crime Branch. He rose to fame after
he gunned down two of underworld don Chhota Rajan's aides in December
1996. But trouble began when Ketan Tirodkar claimed that Nayak had close
links with Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel and that he had gained monetarily
through the liaison. Taking note of the allegation, a special Maharashtra
Control of Organised Crime Act court ordered an enquiry into Daya Nayak's
wealth. Assistant Commissioner of Police Dilip Sawant, the investigating
officer, submitted his report to Mumbai's Commissioner of Police, AN Roy
in October 2005. According to the report, most of the investments were
made in the name of Nayak's wife. The report also claimed that Nayak owns
a fleet of luxury tourist buses and a travel company in the name of Vishal
Travels in Andheri, besides a penthouse on Malad-Link Road registered
in the name of one of his relatives.
- Jan , 2006
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