Vikas Dubey killed; cops say gangster shot at them and tried to flee

Vikas Dubey and his gang shot dead 8 policemen who had come to arrest him near Kanpur village last week

Gangster Vikas Dubey, accused of killing eight policemen in a shootout last week, was shot dead Friday morning when he tried to break free while being taken in a convoy to Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh from Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain city, where he was arrested on Thursday. “Dubey was killed in encounter when he tried to flee after a road accident,” Mohit Agarwal, Kanpur’s Inspector General of Police, told news agencies. The incident took place between Jhansi and Kanpur, The Indian Express reported.

A vehicle carrying Dubey, whose age is unknown, in the UP Police’s Special Task Force’s (STF) convoy overturned after skidding on a highway slippery after rains. Vikas Dubey allegedly snatched a pistol when he was taken out of the upturned vehicle and tried to fire at the police. He was killed in retaliatory firing and two STF personnel were injured, reported news agency IANS.

Visuals after the incident showed Dubey being taken away on a stretcher to the emergency ward of the Hallett Hospital in Kanpur. Dinesh Kumar, a senior police officer in Kanpur, said the hospital’s doctors confirmed Dubey’s death.