He was in judicial custody from 2007 until his bail in 2015 on charges of having conducted a series of extrajudicial killings,[2] while heading the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS).
After getting clean chit in fake encounter cases in February 2020, he was promoted to Inspector-General of Police (IG) post-retirement with effect from 29 September 2007.
An IPS officer of the 1987 batch, his tenure as head of the city crime bureau saw a spurt (rise) in encounter killings.
[8] In 2013, in his letter of resignation, Vanzara stated,[7] The CID/CBI arrested my officers and me holding us responsible for carrying out allegedly fake encounters.
[17] Similar claims have also been made by the DNA newspaper,[18] which has suggested that Sheikh was eliminated because of his links to the political murder of Pandya.