Cops dig bank details, financial transactions of don, aides in Kanpur

KANPUR: Police officials are rummaging through a pile of documents and closely scrutinising financial transactions and bank details of slain gangster Vikas Dubey and his aides in last 10 years to trace illegally gathered property and probe money laundering.
A senior official of Kanpur Police said once the financial transactions and bank details of Dubey, his family and associates are scrutinised, a case will be registered under Gangster Act, and the property of Vikas and his aides would be attached after collecting all the evidences.
“We are investigating if Vikas Dubey and his aides had used his illegally earned money to create assets. All the evidence collected in this regard would then be handed to other probe agencies,” he said.
When details of property and investments of Dubey started coming out, it was alleged that the gangster used to earn somewhere between Rs 90 lakh and Rs 1.20 crore each month.
Sources said Vikas Dubey and his financier Jaikant Bajpai have more than two dozen plots and houses in Industrial City (Kanpur), Uttarakhand, Mumbai and Noida. Besides, Jaikant Bajpai owns one bungalow in Dubai and one in Bangkok, each worth Rs 25 crore, said officials.
The Special Investigating Team (SIT) has, meanwhile, asked the district registry department to provide details of wealth of 64 people directly and indirectly linked to gangster Vikas Dubey.
“The team, which has sought details from registry department, will examine the illegal wealth acquired by Dubey and 64 others including his brother Deep Dubey, wife Richa Dubey, their two sons, financier Jaikant Bajpai, his wife Shweta Bajpai, his brother Rajaykant Bajpai, their property, business deals and other monetary transactions,” said SIT sources.
“The team will also check if Dubey and his aides had illegally occupied government and private land, and if it was facilitated by local officials,” the sources added.