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BBC News - UK
25 January 2006
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Mumbai's troubled police ace

Police sniper Daya Nayak was the pride of Mumbai (Bombay) police.

A member of the elite Crime Intelligence Unit, the sharpshooter evoked fear in the underworld. He claimed to have shot dead at least 83 gangsters in so called "encounters" with police.

His exploits and pictures were splashed across the papers on a regular basis and films were made on his life and work.

In a twist of fate, the hero is now being cast as a villain.

Anti-corruption officials raided his house last Saturday following reports that the policeman had amassed more wealth than his known sources of income could have allowed.

Soon after, the Mumbai police suspended him from the force and are now looking to arrest him on corruption charges, which Mr Nayak denies.

The hunter has become the hunted.

Mr Nayak had humble beginnings. He came to Mumbai in 1979 from his village in the southern state of Karnataka, hoping to find his fortune in the city of dreams.

He cleaned tables at restaurants, worked as a plumber and completed his education at an evening school.

He joined the Mumbai police in 1995 as a sub-inspector and was later assigned to the elite Crime Intelligence Unit.

He soon became the face of the crack team that was credited for cleaning up crime in Mumbai.

His interviews featured regularly in the media and he was eulogised by Bollywood, which made movies based on his life.

Film critic Indu Mirani says Bollywood is always looking for a good story and he provided a readymade script.

"Daya Nayak's story has everything - glamour, adventure and a man who fought and continued to fight against the odds to emerge successful.

"People had read about him, his work and he became the face of instant justice. It was a story waiting to be told."

Mafia claims

He was often seen hobnobbing with film stars, who would spend days with him to understand his work so that they could enact it on screen.

Of the four movies made on his life, the most popular one was Ab Tak Chappan, or Until Now 56, starring Bollywood actor Nana Patekar.

The actor spent numerous days with Mr Nayak. Journalists say the policeman made the most of the fact that a Bollywood star was following him around.

They also say he came across as a glamour-struck, ambitious man, eager for success after a rough start.

He even got Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan to fly to his native village in Karnataka and inaugurate a primary school he had built there.

The good times ended when a local journalist, Ketan Tirodkar, went to court and accused Mr Nayak of accepting money from mafia bosses.

Mr Tirodkar is also facing trial for his alleged involvement in underworld activities.

At the time of the initial allegations, police commissioner AN Roy issued a report personally vouching for his man's honesty.

'Bad elements'

However, the finger of suspicion continued to point at Mr Nayak and the matter was never really swept under the carpet.

He was transferred out of the unit to a small police station in the western suburb of Kandivili. Finally last week, anti-corruption officials raided his house on charges of graft.

On Monday, he was suspended from the police force. His former colleagues are now waiting to question him about his apparently excessive wealth.

Arup Patnaik, a police commissioner, hopes his fall from grace will help cleanse the system as the bad elements will be purged.

"No one is above the law and everyone is accountable for their actions. These things come up when some policemen start thinking of themselves as bigger than the force and this incident can only make the system stronger and better."

Mr Nayak must now fight his case in court to prove his innocence. But for a law enforcer whose reputation comes above everything else, he may well be fighting a case he has already lost.

 

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