In the ongoing case of Vikas Dubey, Fifty policemen from three stations had gone to the village in search of a politically-connected, wanted gangster – Vikas Dubey. He is charged with 60 criminal cases including murder, kidnapping, and extortion and rioting.
In the latest updates of Vikas Dubey’s case, Authorities in Uttar Pradesh on Monday suspended three more police officers over allegations that they were in regular contact with Vikas Dubey.
Two sub-inspectors Kunwar Pal and KK Sharma and constable Rajeev of Chaubeypur police station were among those who have been suspended said Dinesh Kumar P, Kanpur’s senior superintendent of police.
Their calls records were inspected thoroughly before they were suspended. They said the process to terminate them from service would soon begin.
They are under investigation for leaking the information about the raid said officials.
Dubey’s aide, Daya Shankar Agnihotri who was arrested on Sunday, said in a video statement that a caller from a police station informed Vikas Dubey about the raid.
The Uttar Pradesh police are investigating a letter reportedly written by the officer who led the raid on notorious gangster Vikas Dubey on Friday and was killed along with seven other cops. A top officer has asked for a thorough inquiry about the letter, which, if found and verified, could be damning evidence of policemen helping the criminal.
Vikas Dubey is missing since the massacre of cops. The government had earlier announced a reward of Rs 50,000 for anyone who gave information about Dubey’s whereabouts. The amount was later increased to Rs 1 lakh.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s government announced on Monday that bounty on the arrest of the main accused of Kanpur encounter case, Vikas Dubey, has been increased to Rs 2.5 lakhs from the initial bounty, which was Rs.1 lakh. Posters of him are put up at toll plazas as police teams continued to search for the gangster and his accomplices.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that the sacrifice of eight policemen killed in an encounter with criminals in Kanpur will not go in vain.
