10. Haren Pandya
Death: 2003
Gujarat's home minister Haren Pandya was found dead in his car in Ahemdabad after he went for a morning walk. The conditions prevailing at the crime scene indicated towards a shoot out. His murdered resulted in shockwaves across Gujarat.
Questions were raised over Haren Pandya's security measures. Conspiracy theorists named some politicians and a bureaucrat for having a hand behind his murder. All the twelve people who were accused and arrested , were later acquitted by the court.
Haren Pandya was present at the meeting of ministers at chief minister Narendra Modi's residence in 2002 soon after the Godhra train carnage. His trusted police officer Sanjiv Bhatt had alerted him towards a threat to his life.