Vikas Dubey encounter not fake: UP Police to Supreme Court

New Delhi : The death of Uttar Pradesh’s wanted gangster Vikas Dubey while he was in the custody of the state police was not a fake encounter, the UP Police have told the Supreme Court. 

In its detailed report before the court in connection with the death of Vikas Dubey and his associates, the Director General of Police, UP added that the state authorities acted as per law and Supreme Court guidelines.

The Supreme Court will on Monday hear the pleas seeking court-monitored probe into the death of Dubey and his associates. The petitions will be heard by a bench led by the Chief Justice of India. The court is hearing two petitions filed by lawyers, Ghanashyam Upadhayay and Anoop Prakash Awasthi.

According to the police, Dubey was shot dead while trying to escape after a car accident on July 10, a day after his arrest in Madhya Pradesh. Dubey snatched the gun of a policeman and opened fire, the police had said.

Vikas Dubey was shuffled between vehicles for security reasons and was not handcuffed as there were 15 policemen and three vehicles in the convoy, the affidavit claimed there were skid marks at the accident site.

It may be mentioned here that Dubey was the prime accused in the killing of eight police personnel who were part of the team that had gone to Bikru village in Kanpur to arrest Dubey in an attempt to murder case on July 2.

The case triggered a political controversy, with opposition leaders alleging a bigger plot behind Dubey’s killing.