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UP gangster Vikas Dubey, accused in the killing of 8 cops, shot dead while attempting to flee

Last Updated 12 July 2020, 12:36 IST

Exactly a week after he and his goons shot dead eight Uttar Pradesh cops, gangster Vikas Dubey was gunned down allegedly in a controversial 'encounter' with the police near Kanpur, about 90 kilometres from here, on Friday morning.

Vikas had been 'arrested' on Thursday from the famous 'Mahakal' Temple in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain town. He was being brought to Kanpur by a team of Special Task Force (STF) of UP police, when the encounter took place.

According to UP additional director general of police, Prashant Kumar, Vikas tried to escape after the SUV carrying him overturned amid heavy rains, and was killed in firing by the cops.

''Vikas snatched the pistol of a cop and tried to escape after the vehicle overturned.....the special task force (STF) jawans travelling in the other vehicle challenged him and asked him to surrender but he opened fire....the cops fired in self-defence....Vikas suffered bullet injuries in the shoot out and was rushed to the hospital, where the doctors declared him brought dead,'' Kumar told reporters here.

The official said that four STF jawans were also injured in the encounter.

Police sources said that the road was slippery and the vehicle carrying the gangster skidded near Bhaunti area, barely a few kilometres from the Kanpur town. and overturned.

Vikas was taken to hospital in Kanpur, where the doctors declared him brought dead. There were four bullet marks on his body, according to his postmortem report.

Earlier conflicting reports emerged about the death of the gangster. Some reports said that he was seriously injured, when the vehicle carrying him overturned and succumbed to his injuries later.

His family members said that they had no information about the killing. ''We have no information....we came to know from the media that the vehicle carrying has overturned,'' said a member of the family.

Vikas and his goons had shot dead eight UP cops, when the latter went to his residence at Bikaru village in Kanpur district to arrest him last week.

Five key aides of the gangster had already been killed in encounters with the police in different parts of the state.

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(Published 10 July 2020, 02:40 IST)

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