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IPS officer arrested in Prajapati murder case

The Gujarat CID (crime) on Monday arrested Vipul Aggarwal, the district superintendent of police, Dahod, on the charge of killing Tulsi Prajapati in a fake encounter.

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The state CID (crime) on Monday arrested Vipul Aggarwal, the district superintendent of police, Dahod, on the charge of killing Tulsi Prajapati in a fake encounter. Additional director general of police, CID (Crime) VV Rabari confirmed that Prajapati was killed in a fake encounter and Aggarwal was responsible for it.
Aggarwal was the district superintendent of police, Banaskantha, when Prajapati was killed there by DG Vanzara and other police officers. This is the first arrest of an IPS officer in the Prajapati fake encounter case.

Aggarwal was arrested by the investigating officer of Tulsi Prajapati encounter case, RK Patel. Rabari told DNA that Aggarwal was arrested on the charge of murder and would be produced in court on Tuesday where the police will seek his custody on remand.

Rabari said Prajapati was killed in a joint operation conducted by the special operation group (SOG) of the district police and DG Vanzara, the suspended IPS officer. “SOG functions directly under the SP of the district and Aggrawal was the SP of Banaskantha when the encounter took place,” Rabari said. Prajapati was killed allegedly in a fake encounter in December 2006. Prajapati was a close aide of Sohrabuddin and was allegedly the third person picked up by the Gujarat police team, besides Sohrabuddin and Kausarbi.

This is the first time that the Gujarat police have accepted that Tulsi Prajapati was killed in a fake encounter. Incidentally, ADG, CID (Crime) VV Rabari, who made this allegation on Monday, is among the six IPS officers recently summoned by the CBI in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

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