Jailed wife of slain lieutenant of Vikas Dubey is juvenile: Father

Kanpur: The jailed wife of a slain lieutenant of Vikas Dubey, who was booked under stringent IPC sections, including murder and criminal conspiracy is a juvenile, claimed her family in an affidavit before a special court in Kanpur Dehat. The woman, Khushi, who is behind bars for over a month, was married to gangster Vikas Dubey’s aide, Amar, just three days before the Bikru bloodbath. Amar was shot by UP Police in an encounter in Hamirpur, days before Vikas surrendered in Mahakal temple, Ujjain, reports Faiz.Siddiqui.
On Wednesday, Khushi’s father Shyam Lal Tiwari submitted an affidavit before the special anti-dacoity court at Mati headquarters in Kanpur Dehat, pleading that Khushi be tried as a juvenile.
Her lawyer, Shivakant Dikshit, told media persons that “Khushi’s age was 16 years and 11 months on the day of the Bikru incident. Her high school certificate has been enclosed in the affidavit, which shows she was born on August 21, 2003.”
Khushi’s father alleged police implicated his minor daughter in the Bikru case. “She is not an adult and not mature enough to engineer an ambush with the gangster and his aides. We suspect police implicated her and even if my daughter committed a crime, police should treat her as juvenile and let the court decide,” he said.
Khushi was married against the wishes of her father on June 29, three days before the Bikru carnage and was widowed just 9 days after her wedding. The family also alleged Khushi was innocent and had nothing to do with the Bikru ambush that left eight policemen dead.
Government counsel Rajiv Porwal said, the judge sent Khushi’s file to the Juvenile Justice Board to ascertain her age. She was thrown behind bars on July 8, the day her husband, Amar Dubey, was shot by the Special Task Force.
Amar was trying to flee to Madhya Pradesh, when he was intercepted by STF and killed. Two policemen also suffered gunshot wounds in the encounter.
Congress leader Jitin Prasada had then tweeted — Khushi probably had no choice being married off to Amar and continues to suffer as a widow and facing police harassment. Get Vikas Dubey alive and expose the links and the rot in the system from top to bottom and justice prevails.