Vikas Dubey encounter: From vehicle's crash to gangster's escape & death - how it happened

Gangster Vikas Dubey, main accused in Kanpur encounter case died on Friday after being injured in an encounter, police said. "Gangster Vikas Dubey arrested for killing eight policemen is dead," confirmed police.

Vikas Dubey died on spot: Sources

As per sources, here is how series of events turned out since Friday morning as Vikas Dubey was being brought to Kanpur after being arrested by MP Police.

On Friday morning, police vehicle en route Kanpur collided with a divider due to rain and overturned near Kanpur. After which, police personnel inside vehicle got injured. Sources say when forces tried to get Vikas out from car, he snatched a weapon from m and tried to flee from spot.

Police chased him and cornered him while asking him to surrender. Dubey, however, refused and fired on police following which y retaliated in defence and fired three bullets at him. Sources said that gangster died on spot. incident happened around 6.45 am- 7 am, about 10-15 km away from Bara Toll Plaza. Around 6 policemen were re inside vehicle including driver and Vikas Dubey.

Statement by Kanpur Police

According to SP Kanpur West Anil Kumar, Vikas Dubey attempted to flee after car overturned. "Vikas Dubey attempted to flee by snatching pistol of injured policemen after car overturned. Police tried to make him surrender, during which he fired at policemen. He was injured in retaliatory firing by police. He was later rushed to hospital," SP Kanpur West told reporters.

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)