Vikas Dubey's aide Prabhat aide was arrested on Tuesday.
Two aides of notorious gangster Vikas Dubey, the main accused in the cold-blooded ambush and murder of eight policemen last week in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, were shot dead early Thursday morning in separate encounters when they were trying to escape in the state, officials said.
Prabhat, one of the two aides, was arrested on Tuesday from Haryana's Faridabad, about an hour away from Delhi, after the wanted gangster was spotted at a hotel in the city. He was being brought back to Kanpur when he tried to escape, according to police.
"The cops who were with Prabhat were trying to change the police van's tyre when Prabhat snatched one of the policemen's pistol and tried to escape. He shot at the cops and the policemen retaliated. He was injured in the leg and taken to a hospital where he died due to injuries," an official said.
Another aide shot dead this morning - Ranbir alias Bavvan Shukla - had a bounty of Rs 50,000 on him.
"At around 3 am, a Swift DZire was looted by four armed men on a Scorpio. They were stopped about an hour later by cops when they tried to escape. The police chased them and an unidentified man suffered multiple injuries in crossfire and was declared brought dead by the hospital," senior police officer Akash Tomar said. The man was later identified as Ranbir, an aide of Vikas Dubey.
One pistol, a double barrel gun and several cartridges were recovered during the encounter. Three other men who were with Ranbir managed to escape.
