Wanted gangster Vikas Dubey arrested from Madhya Pradesh
Wanted gangster Vikas Dubey was arrested from Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain on Thursday. Vikas Dubey was the main accused in connection with the Kanpur ambush, in which 8 police personnel were killed on July 3. According to the police, Vikas Dubey was arrested from Ujjain's Mahakal temple. He was on the run after killing 8 policemen, including a deputy superintendent of police, in Bikru village in the Chaubeypur area of Kanpur, where the cops they had gone to arrest the gangster.
Vikas Dubey arrested: What we know so far
- Gangster Vikas Dubey reached the temple around 8 am and then informed the security men about his identity and asked them to inform the police
- Gangster Vikas Dubey was said to be moving around with a mask in the temple vicinity. Police sources have said Vikas Dubey has been taken to an unidentified location for medical examination and questioning
- Initially, the police looked at Vikas Dubey as a suspect after they had noticed his clumsy walk
Gangster Vikas Dubey as spotted on the premises of Ujjain's Mahakal temple. The image was clicked before his arrest
- Initial reports had suggested that a man had been arrested who had claimed to be Vikas Dubey. Later, the Madhya Pradesh Police confirmed that the arrested person is indeed Vikas Dubey - the most wanted gangster
- The Police have also found credible identity proof after the arrest which can affirmatively prove that the man arrested is Vikas Dubey
- Post his arrest, Vikas Dubey could be heard shouting "Mai Vikas Dubey hun Kanpur wala" (I am Vikas Dubey from Kanpur)
VIDEO: After being arrested, Vikas Dubey shouts "Main Vikas Dubey hoon, Kanpur wala", only to get a tight slap from MP cop#VikasDubey #VikasDubeyArrested #KanpurEncounter pic.twitter.com/13hZpCe30R
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Image shows MP police with Vikas Dubey post the gangster's arrest from Ujjain's Mahakal temple
- Five persons have so far been killed in separate police encounters since the Kanpur ambush
- Late on Wednesday, two more aides of gangster Vikas Dubey, wanted in connection with the Kanpur ambush were gunned down in separate encounters in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday
- One of the aides, Kartikeya, had opened fire at the policemen accompanying him, injuring two Special Task Force (STF) personnel, and was killed in the ensuing exchange of fire
- The policemen had fired at him in self-defence post which Kartikeya was rushed to the hospital, where he was declared dead by the doctors
- Another associate of Vikas Dubey, wanted in connection with last week's Kanpur ambush, was killed in an encounter in Etawah. The deceased was identified as Praveen alias Bauwa Dubey
- Earlier, Amar Dubey was killed in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur on Wednesday, while Prem Prakash Pandey and Atul Dubey were gunned down in an encounter in Kanpur on July 3