Gangster Vikas Dubey who was on the run from the law after being accused of killing eight policemen last week has been arrested. The police tracked him down to a temple in Madhya Pradesh after a week-long chase across three states. Two aides of the gangster were killed in separate encounters in UP. His closest aide, Aman Dubey, was killed yesterday.
Vikas Dubey was spotted at Mahakal temple around 8 am, as per the police officials. He was buying prayer offerings when the shopkeeper recognized and reported him to the security guards. He hit out at the guards in a bid for escape but was captured.
“Main Vikas Dubey hoon, Kanpur wala,” he shouted while being taken to the police van.
Eight policemen were killed on Friday when they went into Bikru village in Chaubeypur area of Kanpur to arrest Vikas Dubey.
“It is a big success for the police, Vikas Dubey is a cruel killer. The entire Madhya Pradesh police force was on alert. He has been arrested from Ujjain Mahakal temple. We have informed Uttar Pradesh Police,” said Narottam Mishra, Madhya Pradesh Minister.
Vikas Dubey is charged in 60 criminal cases including murder, kidnapping, extortion, and rioting. He had allegedly been alerted about the policemen coming to arrest him. When the policemen reached the village, Dubey and his men, armed with AK-47s, fired from rooftops. The gangster escaped after the shootdown.
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan congratulated the MP Police on the feat. He said, “I congratulate MP Police on the arrest of VikasDubey. I am constantly in touch with UP authorities & have also spoken to UP CM Adityanth. For further probe, he’ll be handed over to UP Police. Police of both states working in co-ordination.”
The police inspector in charge of the police station near Dubey’s village was arrested yesterday over allegations that he tipped off the gangster and regularly helped him escape the law.