UP gangster Vikas Dubey killed in police encounter
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh gangster Vikas Dubey, who was arrested on Thursday, was killed during an encounter on Friday, media reports said.
The incident happened while he was being taken from Madhya Pradesh to Kanpur city in Uttar Pradesh.
He was arrested from Madhya Pradesh on Thursday.
According to media reports, one of the vehicles of the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF), which was carrying the gangster, overturned and Dubey tried to escape from the spot when he was shot by the police.
Police here told UNI that the incident occurred at Bhauti police station on the National Highway 2 when Vikas was being brought by STF from Ujjjain. Two STF sleuths were also injured in the encounter which occurred at around 0630 hours when the vehicle in which they were travelling from Ujjain overturned due to heavy rains .
ADG Kanpur Jai Narain Singh told UNI that Vikas was killed in the encounter when he tried to flee after snatching fire arms from security personnel, however, he did not furnish the details and said that it will be disclosed soon.
The encounter took place 25 kilometres away from the Kanpur toll Plaza.
In the encounter, Vikas was shot twice near the chest and waist.
The gangster was critically injured after STF shot him and was declared brought dead at the hospital, however, detail reports are awaited.
UP govt had announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh on Vikas after he and his accomplices killed 8 policemen in Bikru village on July 2.
Surprisingly, 5 of the accomplice of Vikas have been already killed in police encounter so far and he was the sixth.
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