Vikas Dubey- The criminal behind the Kanpur firing that killed 8 policemen

New Delhi: Eight policemen, including a deputy superintendent of police, were killed during an operation to nab gangster Vikas Dubey late on Thursday in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district.

The incident comes after teams from three police stations had gone to Bithoor’s Dikru village in Chaubepur police station area in search of Vikas Dubey, the notorious criminal and history sheeter, who has 60 cases registered against him.

Who is Vikas Dubey?

The resident of Bikru village, where he keeps a private army, Vikas Dubey has a long history of crimes against him that even includes several murders.

According to the reports, Dubey had an alleged role in the murder of BJP politician and state minister Santosh Shukla in the area in 2001 but was acquitted in the case due to lack of enough evidence against him.

He was allegedly the murder of Siddheshwar Pandey, an Assistant Manager of Tarachand Inter College in Shivali police station area of Kanpur in 2000.

Dubey was also accused of the murder of cable businessman Dinesh Dubey in the year 2004.

He had joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and was elected as a member of the nagar panchayat and while lodged in the jail, he won the Shivrajpur Nagar Panchayat election.

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#UttarPradesh के कानपुर में शातिर बदमाशों को पकड़ने गई पुलिस टीम पर हुई ताबड़तोड़ फायरिंग में आठ पुलिसकर्मी शहीद हो गए। एडीजी जय नारायण सिंह ने बताया पुलिस शातिर बदमाश विकास दुबे को पकड़ने गई थी और उन पर बदमाशों ने हमला कर दिया इसमें 8 जवान शहीद हो गए है और 4 घायल हैं।@Uppolice pic.twitter.com/BSintbHg4i

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