Kanpur: Statement of witnesses of Bikru ambush, in which eight policemen were killed on July 2 & 3 night by gangster Vikas Dubey and his henchmen, will now be recorded at Chaubeypur police station on the instructions of the Judicial Commission looking into the entire episode.
Sources at the SSP office said that after being instructed by the Commission, which had been mandated to probe the Bikru incident, notices across the places of public importance in the village have been pasted asking eyewitnesses, who are willing to get their statement recorded, to visit Chaubeypur police station for the same.
“One can get his/her statement recorded verbally, or through audio and video, besides in writing. The identity of the witnesses will be kept secret. We have pasted notice in this regard across Chaubeypur town and particularly in Bikru village, the site of ambush and that claimed lives of eight policemen,” said SP (rural) Brijesh Kumar Srivastava.
Earlier, the Commission had asked witnesses to visit room no:202 of the State guest house in Ramabai Maidan near Shaheed Path in Lucknow to get the statement recorded.
The Commission will submit its final report within two months, said sources further.
While eight policemen were killed in Bikru village on July 2 & 3 night, Dubey was killed on the morning of July 10 when he allegedly tried to escape the custody of Special Task Force (STF) following an accident involving the vehicle in which he was being taken to Kanpur from Ujjain Madhya Pradesh.