Controversial IPS officer D G Vanzara, suspended and behind the bars in a string of fake encounter cases, has resigned from service accusing Narendra Modi government of having failed to protect the jailed police officers who fought against "Pakistan inspired terrorism". Vanzara, a 1987 batch IPS officer considered close to Modi, has said in his resignation letter that police officers involved in alleged fake encounters "simply implemented the conscious policy" of the government whose place "should either be in Taloja central prison at Navi Mumbai or in Sabarmati Central Prison at . Vanzara, lodged in Sabarmati central jail, in a 10-page hard-hitting resignation letter to Additional Chief Secretary of the state's Home department, has accused the state government, particularly former Minister of State for Home Amit Shah of betraying him and 32 other officers, in jail in encounter killing cases being probed by the CBI.

He said he used to adore Modi like God, who could not rise to the occasion under the "evil" influence of Shah, a co-accused in Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati encounter cases. Holding Narendra Modi government responsible for his and other police officers' actions, Vanzara said they had only "complied" with the policy of the Gujarat government. "I would like to categorically state in the most unequivocal words that the officers and men of Crime Branch, ATS and Border Range, during the period between 2002 to 2007, simply acted and performed their duty in compliance of the conscious pro-active policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism of this government after Godhra riots," he said.

In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Meenakshi Lekhi, Natl Spokesperson, BJP; Jaynarayan Vyas, Senior Leader, BJP; Anand Yagnik, Advocate; Amee Yajnik, Leader, Congress; Gagan Sethi, Chairperson, Jan Vikas & Centre for Social Justice and R B Sreekumar, Former DGP, Gujarat -- discuss whether, will the explosive charges of