Distant nephew of gangster Vikas Dubey surrenders in court

KANPUR: Ashutosh Tripathi, a distant nephew of slain gangster Vikas Dubey who was carrying a reward of Rs 5,0000 on his head, surrendered before the anti-dacoity court in Mati, Kanpur Dehat district on Friday. He was wanted in connection with the Bikru ambush.
Ashutosh was one of the accused who have been absconding and Special Task Force (STF) and district police were looking for him and others since the Bikru ambush on July 2 & 3 night. Eight policemen, including deputy superintendent of police Devendra Kumar Mishra, were shot dead, besides six others including a civilian were injured by gangster Vikas Dubey and his aides when they had gone to arrest him in connection with an attempt to murder case lodged at Chaubeypur police station by a local Rahul Tiwari.
Additional government counsel Prashant Mishra told reporters that Ashutosh, a resident of Basen village of Chaubeypur, accused in the killing of eight policemen in Bikru ambush, surrendered before the anti-dacoity court at Mati in Kanpur Dehat on Friday.
His advocate had moved an application for his surrender before the special court, he said and added that he has been sent to jail in 14 days judicial custody.
SP Rural Brijesh Kumar Srivastava said police will soon move an application in court to procure his remand. “We will move an application before the court requesting for his remand so that he can be interrogated with regard to Bikru ambush besides to gather inputs related to other members of Vikas Dubey’s gang who are still on run,” he said.