Hours before Vikas Dubey was shot, PIL filed in SC apprehending his killing

Petitioner feared Dubey would also be killed

Hours before Uttar Pradesh's gangster Vikas Dubey was killed in alleged police encounter on Friday, a plea was filed in the Supreme Court apprehending such an eventuality as some of his co-accused were already eliminated, showing "complete lawlessness".

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In a PIL, Mumbai-based advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay sought a court-monitored CBI probe into the entire episode including alleged encounter of Dubey's co-accused by the Uttar Pradesh police.

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He submitted that the killing of the accused by the police in the name of encounter even in howsoever heinous crime was "against the rule of law and serious violation of human right and nothing sort of Talibanisation of the country".

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Dubey was alleged to be involved in killing of eight policemen in district Kanpur on July 2. He was arrested from Ujjain on Thursday. He was killed in encounter, when he allegedly tried to flee on Friday morning.

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"During the hunt for Dubey and his co-accused, five accused were arrested/caught and then killed by the police in the name of encounter...Thus, there is every possibility that even accused Dubey shall be killed by Uttar Pradesh Police like other co-accused once his custody is obtained," Upadhyay feared.