Cops to confiscate house of Vikas Dubey’s brother in Lucknow

Kanpur: After the confiscation of the Lucknow house of the gangster Vikas Dubey in Krishnanagar Colony, now the Kanpur police have started the process of seizing the property of his brother Deepak Dubey, who lives in the same colony.
Police investigation revealed that this house has been built with the money earned from the criminal activities of the gangster Vikas Dubey. The house will be confiscated in an action under the Gangster Act. Cases are also registered against Deepak Dubey in Aashiana and Krishnanagar police station. A case has been registered against him for using a government number vehicle by forgery and possessing an illegal firearm. SP Kanpur outer Tej Swaroop Singh said that the process of confiscation of a house in the name of Deepak Dubey, slain gangster Vikas Dubey’s brother, in Lucknow is underway under the Gangster Act. It will be confiscated soon.
Before he was killed in an encounter on July 10, Vikas, had more than 60 cases pending against him, including murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, arson, and rioting. He had allegedly killed a state minister inside a police station in 2001. He was arrested in the case but was soon released on bail. On July 2 and 3, during an attempt to arrest Dubey and his men, eight policemen were killed, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), while seven police personnel were left injured. Two gunmen, identified as maternal uncle and a close relative of Dubey, were also killed in the gunfight.
The autopsy report revealed that DSP Devendra Mishra had been beheaded and brutalised with an axe, while other policemen had multiple bullet wounds fired from different weapons, suggesting an ambush. The police later recovered weapons, including an AK-47 rifle and an INSAS rifle, among others. The then inspector-general of police of Kanpur had stated that at least 60 men had ambushed the police team, who were just 30 in number.