Uttar Pradesh 10 july 2020. gangster Vikas Dubey was shot dead Friday morning as he was being brought to Kanpur from Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain. According to the police, while being transported, one of the cars in the police convoy overturned. Taking advantage of the situation, Dubey allegedly attempted to snatch a weapon and flee the scene, police said, following which they opened fire and shot him. Two policemen were also injured.
Assistant Superintendent of Police, Kanpur, Dr Anil Kumar said a police team consisting of officials from UP’s Special Task Force (STF) and Kanpur police were bringing Dubey on a transit remand to Kanpur. The incident took place at around 7 am between Jhansi and Kanpur.
Dubey was arrested in Ujjain on Thursday from the Mahakaleshwar temple. He had been on the run since July 3 when police tried to raid his village, Bikru, near Kanpur. Since then, the police have killed five of his close aides, including his personal bodyguard.
There were 62 criminal cases lodged against Dubey in Uttar Pradesh, including five cases of murder and eight cases of attempt to murder.
The arrest of Vikas Dubey Thursday was announced by Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra. Mishra said Dubey had come to Ujjain by road from Kota in Rajasthan. “Matters of intelligence should not be disclosed. It’s immaterial whether he was arrested from inside or outside the (Mahakaleshwar) temple. It would suffice to say that he was arrested in Ujjain,” Mishra said.
Ujjain superintendent of police Manoj Kumar Singh in a late night press conference said the police action had been “clear and transparent”. He said Dubey had been recognised by the man from whom he bought flowers at the temple. The vendor, Rajesh Kumar, had seen pictures of the gangster on TV.
Dubey, the SP said, had bought a Rs 250 ticket for VIP darshan at the temple. As he was leaving, he entered into an argument with security guards after they asked him for his name. He was then overpowered by the guards and taken to the police station, where officers ascertained him identity.
Later, the UP Police Special Task Force (STF) reached Ujjain and was given custody of Dubey.
Senior police officers told The Indian Express that Dubey could have possibly strategised his arrest to avoid being killed by the police in an “encounter”.
“There are CCTV cameras everywhere and the private security guards inside the temple premises don’t carry guns. A surrender before the police anywhere else would have been risky for him,” a senior officer said.
During the raid on the intervening night of July 2 and 3, eight police personnel, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police and three Sub-Inspectors, were killed after coming under heavy fire.
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Dubey, a notorious criminal, had around 60 cases against him, including murder and attempt to murder.
