New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Police continues its manhunt for the dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey who butchered 8 policemen near his residence. The mafia don remains on the run despite 5 days of the shootout.

The Kanpur police has doubled the reward money for Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh for the arrest of Vikas Dubey, involved in killing eight UP cops.

Vikas Dubey spotted in Faridabad, flees before police team reaches

According to TV reports, the history-sheeter was spotted in Faridabad today. He was apparently staying at a relative’s house in the city but moments before the police team reached the spot, the gangster fled.

The gangster was captured in CCTV cameras, also it was confirmed by eyewitnesses.

The Haryana police raided his relative’s residence to capture him after receiving a tip-off from UP STF, reports said.

Vikas Dubey’s aide gunned down

Meanwhile, the UP Police Special Task Force today killed Amar Dubey, an aide of gangster Vikas Dubey in Hamirpur and arrested another following an encounter in Kanpur for their alleged role in last week’s Bikru ambush wherein eight policemen died.

Amar Dubey, a close aide of history-sheeter Vikas Dubey, was killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Task Force (STF) while another aide Shyamu Bajpai carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 was arrested by Chaubeypur police following an encounter.