UP Gangster Vikas Dubey Killed in Police Encounter

Lucknow: Notorious and most wanted gangster Vikas Dubey, the main accused for killing eight police personnel in Kanpur last week, was killed in an encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force while on way to Kanpur from Ujjain this morning.

In a dramatic turn of events, Dubey was arrested near Mahakal temple in Ujjain on Thursday. According to the police, he was killed while trying to escape after snatching a pistol from the investigating officer, Inspector Ramakant Pachauri, who was escorting Dubey back to the car which had overturned around 2.5 km away from Kanpur.

He was rushed to the hospital where the doctors declared him ‘dead’ upon arrival. Confirming Dubey’s killing, Kanpur SP Dinesh Kumar P claimed that due to heavy downpour, one of the three vehicles of the convoy in which Dubey was being brought back to Kanpur, skid in Barra, a place 2.5 km away from the city of Kanpur.  “The car overturned after hitting a divider. Taking advantage of the situation, the criminal snatched the pistol from an injured inspector and tried to escape while firing at the accompanying cops,” said Kanpur SP Dinesh Kumar P.

Additional Director General of police Kanpur, Jai Narain Singh, claimed that the police asked him to surrender but he continued to fire at them.  Then the cops retaliated and Vikas Dubey along with four cops got injured in the crossfire. The ADG further added that Dubey and all the four cops were rushed to Hallet Hospital in Kanpur. The cops, who were injured in the firing included Nawabganj Inspector Ramakant Pachauri, the investigation officer, an assistant sub-inspector and two constables.