New Delhi: UP gangster Vikas Dubey, wanted in killing of 8 cops in Kanpur, arrested in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.

Vikas Dubey was going to Ujjain Mahakal temple when he was identified by security personnel. Police were informed, he confessed his identity after being pushed for it. He has been apprehended by police & interrogation is underway, said Ashish Singh, Ujjain Collector.

#Kanpur : आखिर पुलिस को मिल गई सफलता, कानपुर एनकाउंटर का मुख्य आरोपी विकास दुबे उज्जैन से गिरफ्तार
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Vikas Dubey confessed, “Main Vikas Dubey hoon, Kanpur wala.

#WATCH Madhya Pradesh: After arrest in Ujjain, Vikas Dubey confesses, “Main Vikas Dubey hoon, Kanpur wala.” #KanpurEncounter pic.twitter.com/bIPaqy2r9d

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Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Vikas Dubey’s arrest

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minter Shivraj Singh Chauhan congratulated Ujjain police for the arrest of Vikas Dubey.

विकास दुबे की गिरफ़्तारी के लिए उज्जैन पुलिस को बधाई।

— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) July 9, 2020

Dr Narottam Mishra on Vikas Dubey’s arrest

Home, Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Narottam Mishra said that police were put on alter after the Kanpur encounter.

#Kanpur : गैंगस्टर #VikasDubey का MP कनेक्शन पुलिस के हाथ लगा, #MadhyaPradesh गृहमंत्री @drnarottammisra बोले-बख्शा नहीं जाएगा pic.twitter.com/ucb5brGviP

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Dubey –  charged in 60 criminal cases including murder, kidnapping, extortion and rioting was missing since Friday’s Kanpur encounter.

A massive hunt was launched to arrest him and the bounty on the gangster was doubled from 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh on Wednesday.

Close aides of the main accused killed

Earlier today, Bahua Dubey and Prabhat Mishra, close aides of the main accused, were killed in separate encounters in Etawah and Kanpur respectively.

Whereas, Shyamu Bajpai, also an aide to Dubey, has been arrested by Chaubeypur police following an encounter. He carried a reward of Rs 25,000. Uttar Pradesh’s Special Task Force (STF) had gunned down Vikas Dubey’s close aide Amar Dubey in Hamirpur district, earlier on Wednesday.

8 policemen killed 

Last week, eight policemen were ambushed and killed when 50 policemen from three stations went to Bikru village in Chaubeypur area of Kanpur to arrest wanted gangster Vikas Dubey in an attempted murder case.

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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