May 02, 2023 1:43 pm
The 58-year-old officer has had a long battle with the establishment going back several years.
April 22, 2023 12:50 am
The HC is likely to pronounce its order in the matter on April 26.
August 02, 2019 3:22 am
Rai applied for voluntary retirement from the All India Services in November 2018 and has been working with IIM-A as an assistant professor of Public Systems Group since May 6 this year.
July 24, 2019 7:06 am
Rai had supervised the probe into the encounter case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, Kauserbi and Tulsiram Prajapati in 2007.
July 03, 2019 7:50 pm
The review was granted by the CAT single judge bench after it came to light that the order was passed without hearing all parties involved.
June 19, 2019 5:01 pm
Rai is the officer who, in 2007, arrested three IPS officers, DG Vanzara (now retired) and Rajkumar Pandian, both from Gujarat cadre, and Dinesh MN, of Rajasthan cadre, in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh ‘fake’ encounter case.
March 26, 2019 7:21 am
Rajnish Rai, who was supervising investigations into the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati encounter cases, had arrested IPS officers D G Vanzara (now retired), Rajkumar Pandian and Dinesh M N in 2007. All three were later discharged in the case.
December 21, 2018 1:57 am
Rai received the order “in protest” and claimed it was “illegal and unconstitutional” as he has already retired.
May 24, 2017 9:06 am
Inspector general of police Rajnish Rai has filed a report questioning the March 30 encounter in Assam’s Chirang district.
April 07, 2015 3:55 am
The ministry of home affairs issued a memorandum in this regard, announcing his posting in the CRPF.














