Eight police personnel, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), were killed during a raid to arrest history-sheeter Vikas Dubey in Bikru village in Kanpur.
Two days after eight policemen, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police, were killed during a raid to arrest criminal Vikas Dubey near Kanpur city, the Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested a member of the Dubey gang. Daya Shankar Agnihotri (42) was held after a brief encounter at Kalyanpur area on Sunday early morning. He suffered a bullet injury on his left leg and was later admitted to the hospital where doctors declared his condition as stable. A country-made pistol was also recovered from him.
The Kanpur shootout had unfolded late on Thursday when the police team visited Bikaru village in Chaubeypur police station area to arrest Dubey, a history-sheeter who faces about 60 criminal cases including murder and attempt to murder. At his residence, the assailants gheraoed the policemen and started firing, Additional Superintendent of Police, Rural, Brijesh Srivastava, said.
On getting information, an additional police team was rushed to the spot to rescue the cops. The injured policemen were taken to the hospital where doctors declared eight of them dead. The assailants managed to escape from the spot. Hours later, the Kanpur police claimed to have gunned down two criminals after a team reached Bikaru village for combing operation.
UP govt announces Rs 1 lakh for tracing gangster Vikas Dubey
The Uttar Pradesh government Sunday increased the reward on prime accused Dubey’s head from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh. A reward of Rs 25,000 was also announced for all the 20 persons who have been named in the FIR along with the main accused in the case. Dubey (53), who hails from Bikaru village, was earlier accused in the murders of BJP leader Santosh Shukla (54) and retired school principal Siddheshwar Pandey (65) at Shivli police station area of Kanpur Dehat. While he was acquitted in the Shukla murder case, he was awarded life imprisonment in the Pandey murder case and is now out on bail.
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