Gujarat Supercop Abhay Chuadasama arrested by CBI

In a shocking development, Gujarat’s super cop DCP (Crime) Abhay Chudasama was on Wednesday arrested by CBI in connection with encounter of gangster and extortionist Sohrabuddin.

Chudasama, one of the most efficient and brave police officers was arrested from his Ahemdeabad office in the afternoon on Wednesday.

Briefing mediapersons after arresting the senior officer, CBI DIG P Kandaswamy said: “We have arrested Chudasama on the basis of oral testimony of witnesses and tangible evidence. Chudasama has been trying to influence witnesses to conceal the truth.”

Chudasama was serving as SP, Valsad at the time of the encounter in year 2005.

Chudasama has been taken to Gandhinagar based CBI office. He will be produced at CBI court tomorrow.

This is the first arrest by CBI after the Supreme Court handed over the inquiry to investigating agency on January 12 to probe into the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin and bumping off his wife Kauserbi and an accomplice.

Abhay Chudasama was in independent charge of Ahmedabad’s Crime Branch. He was supervising the security arrangements of Swarnim Gujarat celebration scheduled to be held at Sardar Patel stadium on 1st of May. His sudden arrest just three days before the event was point of discussion among the police circles in the city.

Three years before in April 2007 three IPS officers Vanzara, Pandian and Dinesh MN were arrested in gangster Sohrabuddin encounter case. Now after three years of that arrest and after five years of encounter itself the fourth IPS officer has been arrested in April only. Chudasama is 15th person arrested in Sohrabuddin encounter case.

Born in Valabhipur in Bhavnagar district, Abhay Chudasama is a graduate in physics. He joined Indian Police Service in 1999 and served in important posts like DCP, Zone 1 in Ahmedabad City, Anti Terrorist Squad and SP Valsad. He is presently posted as the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Detection of Crime Branch Ahmedabad. There are so far nine encounters on his record – seven among them in Valsad, two in Ahmedabad. He is an important officer behind the nabbing of the accused in the Ahmedabad serial blasts case.

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