Vikas Dubey Killed in an encounter, Plea in SC seeks CBI probe into encounter of Dubey’s aides

Vikas Dubey, the main accused in the shootout on 2 July in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, got an encounter this morning by the team of Uttar Pradesh Police and STF team. After the heinous incident in the district, accused Vikas Dubey was absconding. On July 9, Vikas was arrested by the Ujjain police and handed over to Uttar Pradesh’s STF team after official procedure.

According to the police, “The car with which Vikas was being brought near Kanpur on Friday morning had an accident in which dome policemen were also injured in this accident, taking advantage of the opportunity, Vikas tried to snatch an officer’s pistol and started running.” In retaliation, the police also fired, in which Vikas got 4 bullets. Doctors declared Vikas dead in Kanpur hospital.

In this entire action, 2 police personnel were also shot and two other police personnel were injured. Treatment of all four policemen is going on in a hospital in Kanpur. Doctors said they are out of danger. IG zone Kanpur Mohit Aggarwal termed the incident as historic and praised all police personnel. Significantly, 8 police personnel lost their lives in the shootout on 2 July.

The petitioner Ghanyshyam Upadhyay filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before the Supreme Court on Friday seeking CBI probe into the killing of five of Vikas Dubey’s aides by the Uttar Pradesh Police. All the five men were gunned down in encounter.

“Killing of accused by police in the name of encounter is against the rule of law and serious violation of human right and this is nothing short of Talibanisation of the country,” the petition stated.

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