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Gangster Vikas Dubey killed in encounter after he tried to flee

Luckmow (UP): Vikas Dubey has been killed in an encounter in Kanpur. The encounter between Vikas Dubey and the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) broke out when the gangster tried to flee upon reaching Kanpur. Vikas suffered a few bullets shots and he later succumbed to his injuries. Vikas Dubey has officially been declared dead.

Vikas Dubey is the main accused in the ambush and the killing of eight police personnel in the Kanpur encounter case.

Vikas Dubey, who was arrested from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, reached Kanpur from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on Friday morning. As the Uttar Pradesh STF convoy reached Kanpur, Vikas Dubey tried to escape, resulting in an encounter. Vikas Dubey sustained bullet injuries.

The encounter took place at Sachendi border in Kanpur. Four police constables have also sustained injuries.

In a statement, SSP Kanpur said, “The vehicle which was bringing back Vikas Dubey overturned. He got out of the vehicle, snatched pistols of the police personnel and tried to flee. An encounter broke out and he was shot. Four constables have also injured.”

Sources have told India Today TV said that Vikas Dubey has succumbed to his injuries. The body has been taken from the spot to Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital or Hallett Hospital in Kanpur where police and team of doctors are present.

Vikas Dubey was arrested outside the Mahakal temple in Ujjain, Uttar Pradesh on Thursday morning just moments after two of his accomplices were killed in separate encounters.

Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) team along with Vikas Dubey had reached Kanpur on Friday morning after the gangster was handed over to it by their Madhya Pradesh counterparts.

As the Uttar Pradesh STF team reached Kanpur, police vehicle carrying gangster Vikas Dubey from Ujjain to Kanpur met with an accident at Barra area in Kanpur.

As one of the vehicles of the convoy that was bringing back Vikas Dubey overturned, Vikas Dubey tried to flee. Shots were fired and he was rushed to a hospital in Kanpur with bullet injuries.

Vikas Dubey has died, the officials have confirmed.

On Thursday evening, Vikas Dubey’s wife Richa Dubey was arrested from her Krishna Nagar residence in Lucknow by the UP STF on charges of harbouring the gangster and conniving with him. His son and a servant have also been arrested. (India Today)

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