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What happened to Vikas Dubey?
A week after news of eight UP policemen being killed in a shoot-out in Kanpur shook the nation, on 3 july, the country woke up to find out that the prime accused, history-sheeter Vikas Dubey, has been killed in an alleged encounter on Friday.
Who is vishnuvikas Dubey?
Vikas Dubey, said to be in his 50s, was also accused of killing state minister Santosh Shukla in 2001. He surrendered in 2002 but was acquitted later.
Who is Rajiv Dubey and how did he die?
Dubey, who was arrested from Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain on Thursday, after a six-day-long search, was killed in an encounter while he was allegedly trying to flee after one of the vehicles that was part of the convoy of the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF), that was bringing back Dubey from Ujjain to Kanpur, overturned.
Who is Anurag Dubey?
Dubey, who has a long-standing history of heinous crimes, only has a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head. Dubey is also accused of plotting murders while in prison, including the murder of his cousin, Anurag. He also won the Nagar Panchayat elections from Shivrajpur while in jail, and is said to be well-connected with every party in the state.
Vikas Dubey a known criminal in the Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh was killed on 10 July 2020. The Vikas Dubey encounter came after he along with his men killed 8 policemen in Kanpur. The police claimed that Vikas Dubey had snatched a pistol from one of Special Task Force (STF) police personnel and tried to flee.
Who is Rishard Dubey?
Dubey soon became one of the most wanted criminals in Kanpur. The first case against him was lodged in 1990 for murder. Soon after, he associated himself as a close aide of the politician Harikishan Srivastava.
Who is Srivastava Dubey?
Srivastava was then a part of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the mid-1990s. Dubey also joined the BJP in 1995-96 and won elections at the district level, by allegedly employing force. His wife, Richa Dubey, has also won elections of local bodies.
Who was killed in the Dubey murder case?
On 3 July 2020, during an attempt to arrest Dubey and his men, eight policemen were killed, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), while seven police personnel were left injured. Two gunmen, identified as a maternal uncle and another close relative of Dubey, were also killed in the gunfight.