Kanpur: Forensic experts recreate scene of Vikas Dubey's encounter

KANPUR: A team of forensic experts visited the site where gangster Vikas Dubey was gunned down in Sachendi area of the district on Saturday and recreated the scene of the encounter.The gangster was shot dead in a shootout after the SUV ferrying him from Ujjain to Kanpur met with an accident and he snatched the pistol of a cop and opened fire while trying to escape.
The Forensic Sciene Laboratory (FSL) team re-enacted the blow-by-blow account of the encounter which had taken place amid rain in Kisan nagar area of Sachendi on July 10 morning to probe the encounter theory.
UP STF sleuths and officials from district police who had taken part in the encounter, were present at the spot and narrated the account of what had transpired.
Sources told TOI that FSL team directed members of STF team to stand at the positions where they stood during the shootout.
The entire recreation was conducted in multiple phases with the FSL team members jotting down every minute detail. The FSL team also complied information related to distance from the main road and the spot where SUV overturned after a herd of buffaloes came in its way.
“The FSL wanted to know exact details of the encounter, and so the STF and district police personnel who were present during the shootout were called,” said Dr A K Srivastava, member of FSL team.
The forensic experts took details of kind of weapons used by STF sleuths and the gangster. “The aim was to recreate the scene when the shootout had taken place, to understand how the encounter took place,” the official said.
The FSL will prepare a report and submit it to the state government.
Police had said a herd of buffaloes came in the way of the vehicle carrying Dubey near Kisan nagar in Sachendi and the SUV flipped. Taking advantage of the situation, Vikas snatched a 9 mm pistol of an officer and tried to escape by firing at the police team.