Gujarat officers who claim to have been victimised by the Modi government

Kuldeep Sharma 61

Retired IPS officer, fell out with Amit Shah in 2006. Shah feels that Sharma, now adviser in the Union home ministry, played a role in registering four fake encounter cases against the Gujarat government.

R.B. Sreekumar 63

Ex-DGP, has publicly alleged that policemen were being denied promotions out of political vendetta. He worked for an NGO to help Gujarat riots victims get justice. BJP accused him of falsely implicating space scientist S. Nambinarayanan in the ISRO spying case.

D.G. Vanzara 59

IPS officer, jailed in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. He blamed Modi and Shah for not protecting the interests of jailed officers.

Sanjiv Bhatt 50

IAS officer, suspended in 2010 for unauthorised absence from duty, a few months after he filed an affidavit in Supreme Court alleging complicity of Modi in the riots cases.

Rahul Sharma 50

DIG, Vadodara, was chargesheeted in 2010-2011 for allegedly obtaining call records illegally, pinning down politicians and police officers for alleged links with the rioters during the post-Godhra riots.

Rajnish Rai 48

DIG, State Reserve Police, Rajkot, arrested three IPS officers, including Vanzara, in Sohrabudin case. He approached Central Administrative Tribunal alleging that his ACR had been downgraded by the Modi regime since he had exposed official involvement in the encounter case.