Daijiworld Media Network - Karkala (SP)

Karkala, Feb 15: The special court that was looking into the disproportionate assets case against super cop, Daya Nayak from Yennehole here, who has been serving the Mumbai police, has given Nayak a clean chit in tune with the recommendation of Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau, which probed the complaint, came out with the observation that it could not find concrete evidence against the celebrated police officer, who is known to be an encounter specialist, and on the basis of whose work, a Hindi movie was also made in the past.

After the closure report in the case was rejected in 2010, the authorities had asked the investigating officer to put up fresh proposal seeking sanction to prosecute Nayak if any new things had emerged in the case. The re-investigation conducted into the case however, came out with the finding that the total disproportionate assets standing in the name of Nayak and his wife accounted for 10.19 percent and not 1026.95 percent as alleged.

Judge of the court, D K Gudadhe, observed that for want of documentary proof about the property and expenses of the police officer, the earlier investigation officer had arrived at conclusion on the basis of presumptions, and not on the basis of facts on hand. It also observed that the competent authority, director general of police, had rejected sanction for investigating the disproportionate assets case in the past, observing that there was no sufficient evidence to support it.

After having been arrested and suspended in 2006 after a case of disproportionate assets was slapped against him, Daya Nayak succeeded in getting reinstated in 2012. Currently Nayak, who is believed to be having a vast network of informers, is working at Amboli police station, Mumbai.

A special court also dismissed a case under the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act filed against him in 2003 by former journalist, Ketan Tirodkar, as no sanction had been granted for his prosecution. Tirodkar had accused Nayak of having contact with the underworld. Nayak had appealed against this in the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court had upheld his objections in 2010.

Nayak, who was imprisoned for 59 days before he could secure bail, and was under suspension for about five and half years, was reinstated in 2012. As cases against him have been closed now, Nayak will be eligible to receive salary arrears and promotion.