Ethics - Misconduct
Kardasz: Here is an unusual story from India of an officer who violated his ethics. Notice that he was once lionized for fighting against crime and killing over 83 members of the underworld.
What do you think?
One-time police hero Daya Nayak is arrested
Mumbai, India
Daya Nayak, disgraced police officer and a one-time cult hero for his role in eliminating scores of underworld gang members, was arrested here Monday after being accused of amassing wealth by corrupt means. Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan will also be questioned in connection with Nayak's arrest, said police officials.
The arrest brings to an end a longstanding cat and mouse game between Nayak and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) after a sessions court court - before which he surrendered Monday noon - rejected his bail plea. The ACB is slated to record Amitabh's statement as he was reportedly present at the inauguration of a Rs.10-million school set up by Nayak in his native village Yennehole in Udupi district of Karnataka in 2000, officials said.
Formerly attached to the Mumbai Police's crime branch office in Kandivli in western Mumbai, Nayak will now be produced before the same court Tuesday. His surrender followed a non-bailable arrest warrant issued against him Saturday. The Supreme Court had Friday rejected his petition for anticipatory bail. Nayak, who reportedly killed over 83 members of the underworld in separate shootouts during his posting in the crime branch and was the inspiration for Bollywood films, had earlier accused his senior officials of conniving against him.
He had told TV channels Sunday that several senior police officials, including City Police Commissioner A.N. Roy, were conniving against him and that even his life was under threat.
However, Roy denied the allegations, calling them statements of a cornered accused "out of desperation".
He told a TV channel: "The probe against him (Nayak) was not initiated by any individual but rather on the court's direction. It is only during the course of investigations that the disproportionate assets case emerged. "So there is no question of anyone conniving against him. If he had complaints, why did he not speak till now? Now that he is cornered, he is manipulating the media in his own favour."
Nayak, whose story inspired Hindi films such as "Ab Tak Chhappan" and "Kagaar", was removed the crime branch in 2003. Investigations were initiated against him following a petition filed in 2003 by journalist Ketan Tirodkar who had alleged that Nayak had links with the underworld.
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