Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday constituted a one-member commission
to
probe the
Kanpur
ambush and police
encounter with gangster
Vikas Dubey.
UP Governor Anandiben Patel appointed retired
Allahabad High Court judge
Shashi Kant Agarwal
to
probe the incidents and submit a report within two months, according
to a government notification.
Any change in its tenure shall be at the behest of the government, it said.
The
panel was set
up under
the Commission of Inquiries Act, 1952 and it will be based in
Kanpur.
Meanwhile, a government statement said the one-member commission will also
probe the gangster's "relationship" with police and people from various departments.
It will suggest ways so as
to prevent such a repetition in future, it said.
A government spokesperson said the killing of eight policemen in the
ambush on the intervening night of July 2 and 3 by
Vikas Dubey and his henchmen and the gangster's
encounter on July 10 are a "subject of public importance".
"Hence, their
probe is essential," the spokesperson said, adding that the
panel will also investigate "all encounters in the period from July 2-3
to 10".
Earlier, the
Congress had demanded a judicial
probe by a sitting Supreme Court judge into the entire episode
to bring out the truth and identify those who had “granted protection”
to Dubey.
"The Congress demanded that the unholy nexus between organised crime and the ilk of
Vikas Dubey with those sitting in the echelons of power be probed by a sitting Supreme Court judge," party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala had said at a press conference.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra too had demanded a judicial
probe by a sitting SC judge.
On Saturday, the Uttar Pradesh government had constituted a
special investigation team
to
probe all aspects related
to the slain gangster besides the alleged laxity and role of the local police.
Additional Chief Secretary
Sanjay Bhoosreddy is heading the team, which will have Additional DG
Hari Ram Sharma and DIG Ravinder Goud as its members, according
to an official statement.
The SIT will submit its report by July 31 after looking into all the angles, studying all related documents and spot inspection in
Kanpur, it said.
The team has been asked
to
probe what effective action was taken in all cases lodged against Dubey.