Why is Gujarat alone accused of fake encounters while police officers in other states are “feted as super-heroes” for gunning down terrorists, the Narendra Modi government today asked the Supreme Court. Claiming that Gujarat is being punished for being a vigilant state that follows “zero tolerance” policy against terrorism, the Modi government said in a petition that it is tough for the state police force armed with service revolvers to protect the ordinary citizen against “AK-56-toting terrorists”, and to be made a target by “vested interest groups” who accuse it of engineering fake encounters.