Kanpur encounter case: Main accused Vikas Dubey arrested in Ujjain
Vikas Dubey, the main accused in the Kanpur encounter case, was arrested in Ujjain on Thursday. The arrest comes
days after an inter-state operation was launched following a raid in which
eight policemen were killed when they reached Dubey's house to arrest him.
Vikas Dubey was
carrying a bounty of Rs 500,000 on his head.
Meanwhile, Dubey's
two aides were killed in separate encounters in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday,
police said. While Kartikeya alias Prabhat was gunned down in Kanpur when he
tried to flee from police custody, another aide of Vikas Dubey, Praveen alias
Bauwa Dubey, was killed in an encounter in Etawah, they added.
Kartikeya, who was
arrested from Faridabad on Wednesday, was being brought to Kanpur on transit
remand when he snatched the pistol of a policeman and tried to flee, ADG, Law
and Order Prashant Kumar said. Read More
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