The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday addressed a press conference on dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey, prime accused in the Kanpur encounter case. The criminal is on the run ever since the encounter took place on Friday midnight in which 8 policemen were killed after an ambush too. Follow updates here.
Vikas Dubey, dreaded criminal and prime accused in the Kanpur encounter case in which 8 policemen were killed when they went to arrest the gangster on Friday midnight in Kanpur, has been on the run ever since the ambush took place.
The Uttar Pradesh police have increased the reward money for information on Vikas Dubey, prime accused in Kanpur encounter case, to Rs 5 lakh.
Vikas Dubey, dreaded gangster, responsible for the murder of eight policemen during encounter in Kanpur, has been spotted at a hotel on the Delhi-Mathura highway. He was allegedly staying at a hotel in Faridabad's Badhkal Chowk area.
History-sheeter Vikas Dubey's close aide Amar Dubey has been killed in an encounter with Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in Hamirpur on Wednesday.
Kanpur Encounter: Anant Dev has been removed as STF DIG. Dev has now been entrusted with the charge of DIG, PAC Moradabad Sector. Anant Dev, who was promoted to DIG rank last month, is facing heat for his alleged failure to act upon a letter sent by Bilhaur DSP Devendra Mishra regarding SHO Vinay Tiwari's links with gangster Vikas Dubey.
Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar on Tuesday informed that all the injured policemen in Kanpur encounter are out of danger. Kumar assured the people that gangster Vikay Dubey will soon be arrested.
CO had written this letter to the Kanpur SSP, four months ago. Through this letter, the CO sought to inform the SSP that gangster Vikas Dubey had ‘links in the UP police’ and SHO’s conduct with regard to him was highly suspect.
At the centre of the Kanpur shootout is a land dispute and a complaint against Vikas Dubey, which was filed by his brother-in-law Rahul Tiwari.
According to source, Dubey's last location was traced in Auraiya and it is suspected that he might have gone to Madhya Pradesh or Rajasthan, crossing the Uttar Pradesh border
While vigil has been stepped up on the borders of the state to prevent the gangster from moving out, a series of abandoned cars-probably used as getaway vehicles by Dubey, have queered the pitch for investigators.
The bounty on Vikas Dubey, gangster behind the Kanpur encounter case has been raised from Rs 50,000 to Rs 2.5 lakh by the Yogi Adityanath government.
Three police personnel have been suspended in connection with the death of 8 police personnel in Kanpur. According to the details provided by the Police PRO, the cops were suspended for laxity during their duty.
The crackdown began in Greater Noida on Saturday on the instructions of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to reign in the gangsters, a day after eight policemen were killed in Kanpur by henchmen of history-sheeter Vikas Dubey.
The UP Police has arrested one of the gang-member of the history-sheeter Vikas Dubey, Daya Shanker Agnihotri, who said revealed that Vikas Dubey got a call from someone in the police station about the police raid.
According to SSP Kanpur Dinesh Kumar, Daya Shankar Agnihotri, 42, was intercepted by the police around 4.40 a.m. in Kalyanpur area.
"Shoot him wherever he is," the angry mother of gangster Vikas Dubey said on Saturday, a day after his henchmen killed eight policemen in an ambush when they came to arrest him from his hideout in a village near Kanpur. Dubey has at least 60 cases against him including murder and attempt to murder.It is possible that Dubey may have fled to Nepal or taken shelter in a neighbouring state, an official was quoted as saying by PTI.
The Station House officer of Chaubepur Vinay Tiwari has been suspended for allegedly tipping off ganster Vikas Dubey before the police's raid.
The Kanpur district administration on Saturday demolished the house of history-sheeter Vikas Dubey, accused in over 60 criminal cases and also the prime accused in Kanpur encounter case in which 8 policemen were killed.
The Kanpur district administration on Saturday demolished the house of history-sheeter Vikas Dubey, accused in over 60 criminal cases and also the main accused in Kanpur encounter case.
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