Govt's secrets saved: Akhilesh Yadav doubts sequence of events in Vikas Dubey's encounter

Gangster Vikas Dubey who was arrested on Thursday was killed in an encounter on Friday after a police vehicle carrying him from Ujjain to Kanpur met with an accident and he tried to escape from spot, a senior police official said. Inspector-General of Police (Kanpur) Mohit Agarwal said Dubey was killed in encounter after he tried to flee from spot following road accident at Barra area in Kanpur. 

'Actually, this car did t overturn'

Reacting on development, Samajwadi Party (chief) and former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav claimed that car carrying Dubey did t overturn and alleged that secrets of government were saved from being exposed.

'Govt's secrets saved': Akhilesh Yadav doubts sequence of events in Vikas Dubey's encounter

On Thursday, Yadav had questioned circumstances of dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey's arrest and asked government to clarify if it was an arrest or a surrender.  Claiming that he had 'heard from his sources about arrest of Vikas Dubey', Akhilesh Yadav also asked for history sheeter's call records to be made public to expose 'leaks that allowed gangster to get away'. 

Vikas Dubey arrested in Ujjain

Gangster Vikas Dubey was nabbed in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh on July 10, six days after he and his associates killed 8 Policemen and injured 6 in Kanpur encounter. case was n handed over to Uttar Pradesh STF after being produced before a UP court via video conference. He was being taken to Kanpur when encounter happened.

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gangster is main accused in encounter that took place in Bikru vill in Chaubeypur area of Kanpur last week. Dubey mand to escape after killing. Uttar Pradesh police launched a hunt for him and raised bounty on him to Rs 5 lakh. Bahua Dubey and Prabhat Mishra, close aides of main accused, were killed in separate encounters in Etawah and Kanpur respectively, on Thursday.

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main accused's or aide Shyamu Bajpai was arrested by Chaubeypur police following an encounter. He carried a reward of Rs 25,000, police informed on Wednesday. Earlier same day, Uttar Pradesh's Special Task Force (STF) gunned down Vikas Dubey's close aide Amar Dubey in Hamirpur district.

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(With ncy inputs)