Following the S P Tamang’s report on Ishrat Jahan encounter, the spotlight has shifted again to Narendra Kumar Amin, the suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police, currently imprisoned in the Sabarmati Central Jail.

Amin is in the jail along with controversial police officers D G Vanzara and Raj Kumar Pandian in connection with fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and murder of his wife Kausar Bi.

Along with Vanzara, Amin is also involved in the killing of Ishrat Jahan and three others.

Amin has often landed in controversies. In October 2004, when he went to Hyderabad to arrest Maulana Nasiruddin, the man accused of hatching a conspiracy for murder of former Minister of State Home Haren Pandya, his family members and supporters had protested. But Amin refused to stop and had fired shots from his service revolver killing one Mujahid Saleen on the spot. The incident had created tension in old Hyderabad city.

Two years ago, Amin was arrested in connection with the disposal of the body of Kausar Bi

In December 2008, Amin created a sensation by submitting an affidavit to Principal Additional Sessions Judge P B Desai through his advocate V D Gajjar, saying a conspiracy was being hatched to eliminate him because he was privy to vital information in the fake encounter case.

Amin had claimed to be possessing CDs containing vital information about the fake encounter case that could create problems for several ruling party politicians, including a minister in the Narendra Modi government.

He had also accused Inspector General of Prisons Keshav Kumar of torturing him in jail.

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