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'''Ashish Pandya''' is a [[sub-inspector]] in the [[Indian Police Service]]. He came to prominence in the media as the leader of the police force accused of a [[fake encounter]] in the [[Tulsiram Prajapati killing]].

Pandya had fired the bullet which killed Prajapati in December 2006.<ref name="Gagdekar 2010"/> The discussion about the case described that Pandya managed the logistics or led the encounter with Prajapati.<ref name="Gagdekar 2010"/><ref name="Ansari 2018">{{cite web |last1=Ansari |first1=Shahab |title=Asked Pandya’s family to tell him to contact Vanzara: Witnesses to court |url=https://www.asianage.com/metros/mumbai/150618/asked-pandyas-family-to-tell-him-to-contact-vanzara-witnesses-to-court.html |website=[[The Asian Age]] |date=15 June 2018}}</ref> In the legal statements witnesses reported that Pandya had discussed the case privately with [[Deputy inspector general of police|DIG]] [[D. G. Vanzara]], a senior police officer who was also a party to the case.<ref name="Ansari 2018"/>

When Pandya was sought for arrest he avoided police capture.<ref name="Gagdekar 2010">{{cite web |last1=Gagdekar |first1=Roxy |title=Sohrabuddin case: Absconding PI Ashish Pandya reports for duty, held |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-sohrabuddin-case-absconding-pi-ashish-pandya-reports-for-duty-held-1382903 |website=DNA India |language=en |date=14 May 2010}}</ref> The [[Criminal Investigation Department (India)|Criminal Investigation Department]] declared that Pandya had absconded.<ref name="Gagdekar 2010"/> On 13 May 2010 he turned himself in to the police.<ref name="Gagdekar 2010"/>

In 2012 Pandya played the role of approver to the court by accusing other people in the case of faults.<ref name="Dayal June 2015">{{cite web |last1=Dayal |first1=Prashant |title=More encounter accused cops want default bail |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/More-encounter-accused-cops-want-default-bail/articleshow/20530907.cms |website=The Times of India |language=en |date=11 June 2015}}</ref> The court noted this in 2015 when various people arrested in the case made a request for bail.<ref name="Dayal June 2015"/>

In May 2015 after Pandya got bail and left the jail he also got permission to rejoin the police force.<ref name="Shaikh 2015">{{cite web |last1=Shaikh |first1=Sarfaraz |title=Ashish Pandya back in service after getting bail |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Ashish-Pandya-back-in-service-after-getting-bail/articleshow/47129826.cms |website=The Times of India |language=en |date=2 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Nayudu |first1=Ujjwala |title=Prajapati encounter case: Gujarat Police inspector Ashish Pandya reinstated in service |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/tulsiram-prajapati-encounter-case-gujarat-police-inspector-reinstated-in-service/ |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en |date=2 May 2015}}</ref> He got a new post as [[Circle Inspector]] of police in [[Bhuj]].<ref name="Shaikh 2015"/>

In December 2018 Pandya was one of 22 people discharged from the court proceedings.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Press Trust of India |author1-link=Press Trust of India |title=The 22 let off the hook in Sohrab case |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/the-22-let-off-the-hook-in-the-alleged-fake-encounter-killings-of-sohrabuddin-shaikh-his-wife-kausar-bi-and-his-aide-tulsi-prajapati/cid/1679601 |website=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]] |date=21 December 2018}}</ref>

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