Gangster Vikas Dubey has been killed in an encounter by the Uttar Pradesh police, reports claimed. Dubey reportedly tried to snatch a policeman's pistol which set off the incident. Earlier, a police vehicle carrying the recently arrested gangster to Kanpur overturned amid reports of gunshots. NDTV then reported that Dubey was injured and taken to the hospital.
The gangster was arrested outside the Mahakaal temple in Ujjain on Thursday morning after a six-day manhunt following the Kanpur ambush in which eight policemen were gunned down.
The Kanpur ambush
Eight police personnel were killed in the wee hours of Friday last week as they attempted to arrest Dubey, a criminal with 60 cases listed against him since 1993. The incident took place in Bikaru village which falls under Kanpur’s Chaubepur block.
Around 1am on Friday, a police team, including a deputy superintendent of police and an inspector surrounded the home of Vikas Dubey, a history sheeter whose many crimes include the murder of a BJP leader Santosh Shukla inside a police station. JCBs had been placed some distance from the house, forcing the team to get down from its vehicles. In the indiscriminate firing that followed, with the criminals having an advantage as they were at a height, eight policemen lost their lives while four were grievously injured. Two criminals were also killed, though the rest, including Dubey, managed to escape. The police action was prompted by a fresh case filed against Dubey for attempt to murder.
A massive hunt had ensued, with special focus on the Nepal borders, as there were intelligence inputs that he might escape to the neighbouring country.
