Ashish Pandya

Ashish Pandya is a Dy.SP in the Indian Police Service, in the state of Gujarat. He came to prominence in the media as the leader of the police force accused of an encounter in the Tulsiram Prajapati killing.

Pandya had fired the bullet which killed Prajapati in December 2006. In the legal statements witnesses reported that Pandya had discussed the case privately with DIG D. G. Vanzara, a senior police officer who was also a party to the case. The Criminal Investigation Department declared that Pandya had absconded. The court noted this in 2015 when various people arrested in the case made a request for bail. He got a new post as Circle Inspector of police in Bhuj.