Don Vikas Dubey’s financier Jaikant Bajpai arrested

KANPUR: Police arrested slain gangster Vikas Dubey’s financier-cum-manager Jaikant Bajpai alias Jai Bajpai and his aide on Monday after extensive grilling and sent them to jail after producing them in court.
Bajpai was arrested by Nazirabad police station cops after being kept in detention for 15 days. Police also seized the licensed pistol and passport of Bajpai.
Bajpai is accused of providing gangster Vikas Dubey 25 cartridges of .32 bore revolver and Rs 2 lakh in cash on July 2, prior to the Bikru ambush which left eight cops dead and seven injured. He also tried to help the gangster in escaping.
Bajpai, who is said to have close links with politicians and senior police officers, was taken in custody on July 4.
SSP Dinesh Kumar Prabhu said, “Jaikant Bajpai alias Jai Bajpai and his aide Prashant Shukla alias Dablu were arrested late Sunday night for conspiring in Bikru ambush in which eight policemen were killed and seven injured by gangster Vikas Dubey and his aides. They had visited Bikru and provided 25 cartridges of .32 bore and Rs 2 lakh cash to Dubey on July 2 and also tried to help him and his aides flee in three high-end vehicles.”
“An FIR was registered at Nazirabad police station and Bajpai and his aide Shukla were booked under Sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 395 (punishment for dacoity), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly), of IPC and section 7 of Criminal Law Amendment Act with section 120 B (criminal conspiracy), IPC,” said police.
A separate FIR under Sections 29 and 30 of Arms Act has also been registered against Bajpai for providing 25 cartridges to the gangster.
Police had earlier seized his three luxury vehicles, Audi, Fortuner and Verna abandoned by him and his aides at Vijay Nagar in Kakadeo area.
“Dubey had asked Bajpai to ferry him and his aides to safety in two luxury cars and an SUV. However, due to extensive checking, they abandoned the vehicles near Vijaynagar crossing on July 4,” said an official.
“We seized the vehicles that were without number plates, detained Bajpai within hours and handed him to STF sleuths who took him to Lucknow where he was grilled for 15 days,” he added.
Police also found that transactions worth Rs 75 crore took place between Vikas and Bajpai in last one year through six bank accounts.
Inspector Bajaria Ram Murti Yadav told TOI, “The file recommending cancellation of license of Bajpai’s revolver and his passport have been sent to district magistrate’s office.”