Lucknow: More than 100 teams of the Uttar Pradesh police have been engaged in an operation to nab wanted history-sheeter Vikas Dubey who has been absconding for over five days since the raid in Knapur which resulted in the death of eight police personnel.
Uttar Pradesh police on Wednesday killed Amar Dubey, a history-sheeter and a close aide of Vikas Dubey, in an encounter in Hamirpur. The encounter was carried out by the Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh police.
Meanwhile, Haryana police raided a hotel in Faridabad on Tuesday night and arrested three aides of Vikas Dubey.
On July 3, eight policemen, including DSP Devendra Mishra were gunned down in Bikru village near Kanpur when they went in to arrest Dubey and his gang members. Seven others, including a civilian, were injured in the attack.
The UP Police is in touch with the Haryana Police in its man-hunt for Vikas Dubey and the search for the gangster has been intensified in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
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8 July 2020, 11:59 AM
UP government has increased the reward on providing information about the whereabouts of gangster Vikas Dubey to Rs 5 lakh. Earlier, the reward was Rs 50,000, which was increased to 1 lakh and now it has been hiked to Rs 5 lakh.
8 July 2020, 11:51 AM
3 men arrested by police in Faridabad after they along with crime branch raided a house on receiving inputs on presence of Vikas Dubey. There was brief firing by criminals, pistol used by Dubey during Kanpur incident and one pistol stolen from UP Police recovered: Faridabad Police
8 July 2020, 11:13 AM
Vikas Dubey is planning to surrender. UP STF is conducting raids at all possible hideouts of the gangster. Dubey is currently alone but it is believed that he may contact his lawyers soon.
8 July 2020, 10:59 AM
UP STF team reaches Vikas Dubey’s village to search the well inside the gangster’s house.
8 July 2020, 10:46 AM
Vikas Dubey’s aide Shyamu Bajpai carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 has been arrested by Chaubeypur police following an encounter.
8 July 2020, 10:27 AM
Sources say, Vikas Dubey could have fled to Gurugaon. Sources also revealed that the Faridabad Police islikely to hold a press conference at 11 am.
8 July 2020, 10:16 AM
According to police sources, Vikas Dubey was in Faridabad for the past 2-3 days. The STF has arrested 3 aides of the notorious gangster. The police recovered weapons from them which includes 2 pistols of the UP Police.
8 July 2020, 09:56 AM
Uttar Pradesh government action on Vikas Dubey:
* Three UP cops suspended
* UP Govt demolished the house of history-sheeter Vikas Dubey on July 4
* Over 100 UP Police teams formed to nab Vikas Dubey after 8 cops gunned down
* Surveillance team scanning mobile over 500 mobile phones
* Reward for arrest of Vikas Dubey increased to Rs 2.5 lakh
* Three more people, including close relative of Vikas Dubey, held
8 July 2020, 09:51 AM
Vikas Dubey, is an infamous history-sheeter in Uttar Pradesh, he has 60 cases against his name. Dubey is also known to have murdered a minister in the former Rajnath Singh government in UP. In 2001, Vikas Dubey barged into a police station and gunned down Santosh Shukla, who was a minister in the Rajnath Singh-led UP government.
Bureau Report
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