Vikas Dubey was caught in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
New Delhi:
Uttar Pradesh gangster Vikas Dubey, who was behind the cold-blooded killing of eight policemen last week, was arrested this morning from a temple in Madhya Pradesh after a nearly week-long chase involving the police across three states. He was caught in Ujjain around the same time two of his aides were killed in separate encounters in UP. His closest aide, Aman Dubey, was killed yesterday.
Vikas Dubey was seen buying prayer offerings at Mahakal temple around 8 am, according to the police. A shopkeeper recognized him and reportedly alerted security guards, they said. When he emerged from the temple, the guards questioned him.
He first tried to mislead them by producing a fake ID card of a much younger man. When prodded further, he hit out at the guards, who dragged him to the police station.
Eight policemen were killed on Friday when they went in a large team to arrest Dubey at his village in Chaubeypur area of Kanpur.
Dubey – charged in 60 criminal cases including murder, kidnapping, extortion and rioting – had allegedly been alerted to the raid by local policemen and had set up an ambush. When the policemen reached the village, Dubey and his men, armed with AK-47s, fired from rooftops.
The notorious gangster escaped after the massacre. A massive hunt was launched and the bounty on him was raised to Rs 5 lakh.
Here are the updates on UP gangster Vikas Dubey:
Police to present Vikas Dubey before Ujjain Chief Judicial Magistrate Trupti Pandey for a transit remand.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Abhishek Mishra on Wednesday refuted reports which claimed that the wife of wanted gangster Vikas Dubey was a lifetime member of the party, reported ANI.
“Richa Dubey, wife of the history-sheeter Vikas Dubey has never been a part of our party. She was never an active member of the party. She had never contested election on SP symbol,” Mr Mishra said.
The SP leader also rubbished “documents” purportedly showing Sonu alias Richa Dubey had taken a lifetime membership of the Samajwadi Party after paying Rs 20,000 in 2015 and she has attended the party functions and was involved in propagating and disseminating the policies of the party.
There is also a “application form” for panchayat polls to Kanpur (rural), which shows Richa Dubey contested Zila Panchayat elections in 2015 on the SP symbol.
Mr Mishra told ANI that the documents were fake and could be a creation of the IT cell of rival political parties.
कानपुर के जघन्य हत्याकांड में यूपी सरकार को जिस मुस्तैदी से काम करना चाहिए था, वह पूरी तरह फेल साबित हुई।
अलर्ट के बावजूद आरोपी का उज्जैन तक पहुंचना, न सिर्फ सुरक्षा के दावों की पोल खोलता है बल्कि मिलीभगत की ओर इशारा करता है…1/2
– Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 9, 2020
I salute&congratulate Madhya Pradesh Police on the arrest of Vikas Dubey. We were also on alert. If he had come here, we would have also nabbed him. He didn’t come to Bihar because I had said that if he comes here, he will not be able to escape: Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey pic.twitter.com/NhObdJMwrP
– ANI (@ANI) July 9, 2020
UP gangster Vikas Dubey would be brought to the state on transit remand, police said.
“Dubey will be brought to the state on transit remand. Our campaign against all those involved in the Kanpur case will continue till not even a single member of the Dubey gang is left,” ADG, Law and Order Prashant Kumar said.
“Stricter punishment will be ensured against Dubey,” he added.
योगी सरकार विकास दूबे से मिली हुई है सरकार के दम पर इस दुर्दान्त अपराधी का मनोबल इतना बढ़ गया की इसने 8 पुलिसवालों की निर्मम हत्या कर दी जब पूरे देश में योगी की थू-थू होने लगी तो गिरफ़्तारी का नाटक किया गया, योगी सरकार के रहते इस दुर्दान्त का कोई कुछ नही बिगाड़ सकता।
– Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) July 9, 2020
Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra asserted that Vikas Dubey was arrested, he did not surrender. “He entered Madhya Pradesh via Rajasthan’s Kota in a car with two aides, Bittu and Suresh. He used a fake ID with the last name ‘Paul’,” he said.
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra said that Mr Dubey drove into the state with two aides; he had a fake ID which declared his last name as “Paul”.
ख़बर आ रही है कि ‘कानपुर-काण्ड’ का मुख्य अपराधी पुलिस की हिरासत में है. अगर ये सच है तो सरकार साफ़ करे कि ये आत्मसमर्पण है या गिरफ़्तारी. साथ ही उसके मोबाइल की CDR सार्वजनिक करे जिससे सच्ची मिलीभगत का भंडाफोड़ हो सके.
– Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) July 9, 2020
UP Gangster Vikas Dubey’s 2 Aides Shot Dead In Separate Encounters
Two aides of notorious gangster Vikas Dubey, the main accused in the ambush and murder of eight policemen last week in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, were shot dead early Thursday morning in separate encounters in UP when they were trying to escape, police said. Hours later, Vikas Dubey was arrested in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain.
Prabhat, one of the two aides, was arrested on Tuesday from Haryana’s Faridabad, about an hour away from Delhi, after Dubey was spotted at a hotel in the city. He was being brought back to Kanpur with another man arrested along with him when he tried to escape, according to the police.
I congratulate Madhya Pradesh Police on the arrest of Vikas Dubey. I am constantly in touch with UP authorities and have also spoken to UP CM Adityanath. For further probe, he’ll be handed over to UP Police. Police of both states working in co-ordination,” Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
As he was taken by the police, Uttar Pradesh gangster Vikas Dubey shouted “Main Vikas Dubey hoon, Kanpur wala!” The notorious criminal, who is behind the killing of eight policemen, made the startling admission after hiding and running from the police across three states after the Friday massacre.
The gangster was arrested after he was spotted at Mahakal temple in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.
Vikas Dubey was seen buying prayer offerings at Mahakal temple around 8 am, according to the police. A shopkeeper recognized him and reportedly alerted security guards, they said. When he emerged from the temple, the guards questioned him.
He first produced a fake ID card of a much younger man. When prodded further, he hit out at the guards, who dragged him to the police station.
“Main Vikas Dubey hoon, Kanpur wala,” he shouted out, when he was beaten while being taken to the police van.
Uttar Pradesh gangster Vikas Dubey, accused of killing eight policemen last week, was arrested from a temple in Madhya Pradesh after a nearly week-long chase involving the police across three states. Vikas Dubey was caught in Ujjain around the same time two of his aides were killed in separate encounters in UP. His closest aide, Aman Dubey, was killed yesterday.
