File photo: Amit Shah (L) with Narendra Modi
The resignation offered by jailed Gujarat cop DG Vanzara in a lengthy and acerbic letter which took on "god"
Narendra Modi and his close aide Amit Shah, has been rejected by the state government on technicalities.
Gujarat government sources today said the IPS officer's resignation can't be accepted as he is facing serious charges and a vigilance clearance is needed to forward his case to the union home ministry.
Vanzara, 59, who has been in jail since 2007 for a series of fake encounters, said in a 10-page resignation letter that the Gujarat government and
Amit Shah were aware of the actions of senior police officers like him, who are accused of killing college student Ishrat Jahan, and petty criminals Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati. (
Read full text of Vanzara's letter)
Vanzara said he "adored Mr Modi like a God" but the Chief Minister was misled by Mr Shah's "evil influence." Amit Shah, an accused in the murders of Sohrabuddin and Tulsiram Prajapati, is out on bail.
Saying he felt "ditched and disowned", Vanzara urged that Mr Modi, "in the hurry of marching to Delhi, may kindly not forget the debt he owes to jailed police officers who endowed him with the halo of Brave Chief Minister." (
Read: 10 quotes from Vanzara's letter)
Vanzara said officers like him "simply implemented the conscious policy of the Modi government which was inspiring, guiding and monitoring their actions from very close quarters."
The Congress demanded Mr Modi's resignation and many party MPs held "arrest Modi" placards in Parliament today.
But the BJP said the "leak" of the letter was suspicious and hit back at the Congress.
"Regardless of what they do, they cannot try to weaken the enormous popularity of Narendra Modi," said BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad.