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Dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey shot dead in encounter

July 10, 2020
The Commune

In a typical cop flick style, gangster Vikas Dubey who was earlier arrested for killing 8 policemen was shot dead in an encounter when he tried to flee after the car in which he was being brought back overturned on the highway.

The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) was bringing back the dreaded criminal from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh to Kanpur.

The convoy had reached Jhansi in the early hours of Friday. The ANI had tweeted at 6:34 AM that the convoy reached Kanpur.

It can be seen that rains/thundershowers were prevalent over several parts of Uttar Pradesh.

At around 7:20 AM, the ANI tweeted that one of the vehicles of the convoy of the (STF) that was bringing back Vikas Dubey overturned.

It was reported that gangster Vikas Dubey attempted to flee the car after it overturned. Shots were fired by the police and he was later rushed to a hospital.

Later the SP of Kanpur West confirmed that Vikas Dubey was shot dead in retaliatory firing. He said that Vikas Dubey attempted to flee by snatching pistol of the injured policemen after the car overturned. “The police tried to make him surrender, when he fired at the policemen. The police fired in retaliation and he was injured. He was later rushed to the hospital.” the SP said.