Several Opposition leaders on Friday hinted at a police-politician-gangster nexus and raised doubts about the way gangster Vikas Dubey was...
Several Opposition leaders on Friday hinted at a police-politician-gangster nexus and raised doubts about the way gangster Vikas Dubey was killed. According to the police, the encounter took place after a road accident while Dubey was being taken to Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh from Madhya Pradesh.
Dubey was arrested in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district on Thursday in connection with the murder of eight policemen in Kanpur on July 3. The police on Friday claimed that one of the vehicles of the Uttar Pradesh Police escorting Dubey back to the state from Madhya Pradesh overturned on a highway early in the morning. He then tried to escape, the police alleged.
“Vikas Dubey attempted to flee by snatching pistol of the injured policemen after car overturned,” Kanpur Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar said. “The police [personnel] tried to make him surrender, during which he fired at the policemen. He was injured in retaliatory firing by police. He was later rushed to the hospital.”
Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the killing was staged to save the government from collapsing. On Thursday, Yadav had asked the Uttar Pradesh government to clarify whether Dubey surrendered or if he was arrested. He had also demanded...
