Vikas Dubey’s aide Prabhat Mishra shot in encounter wasn’t minor, used fake edu docus: Police

KANPUR: Slain gangster Vikas Dubey’s aide Prabhat Mishra alias Kartikey who drove the don through a circuitous route from his Shivli hideout to Faridabad, was an adult, claimed UP Police, punching holes in the family’s theory that he was barely 17 when he was shot in an encounter.

Police officials claim to have blown the lid off discrepancies in Prabhat’s educational documents and said he masqueraded under several names and used a fake document for admission in another school. During probe, police stumbled upon a transfer certificate issued by a primary school in Bikru, which mentioned his age as 20.

Circle Officer, Bilhaur, Santosh Singh said, “In the transfer certificate issued by a basic primary school in Bikru, Prabhat’s date of birth is recorded as August 17, 2000, but in the high school certificate it was May 27, 2004. His name in the TC issued by primary school in Bikru is Shanu, but he had changed it to Kartikey while taking admission in high school.”
Though his father’s name is same in both documents, his mother’s name in the transfer certificate is Guddi, while it’s Suman Lata in high school, Singh said. “We also found that Prabhat used a fake TC of Azad Inter College, Bilhaur to take admission in Paritosh Inter College in Naubasta. Authorities in Azad Memorial Inter College, Shivrajpur, said the TC had not been issued by them,” the CO said.
Prabhat’s sister Himanshi had displayed his high school marksheet to media persons and claimed he was just 17 when he was killed in a police encounter.
After the ambush of cops in Bikru, Prabhat accompanied Vikas to Faridabad in Haryana and was arrested on July 7. Two days later, when a police team was bringing Prabhat to Kanpur, their vehicle suffered a flat tyre near Panki. Taking advantage of the situation, Prabhat punched constable, snatched a 9 mm pistol and opened fire at cops. Police fired in retaliation, injuring him. He was pronounced dead at Bara Sirohi community health centre, Kalyanpur. In the press release issued after the encounter, police had mentioned Prabhat’s age as 20.