Vikas Dubey's wife interrogated by cops over Kanpur encounter after his arrest from Ujjain

After arrest of torious gangster Vikas Dubey, his wife Richa was also interrogated on Thursday in connection to Kanpur encounter that killed eight Uttar Pradesh Police personnel, Kanpur police said. Dubey was arrested from Ujjain's Mahakal Temple on Thursday morning by Madhya Pradesh Police. He was on run for last six days and had come to offer prayers at temple where he was identified by security guards. Besides Dubey, two or accomplices have also been captured as per Madhya Pradesh Police on Thursday.

Dubey was in custody of Madhya Pradesh Police has been handed over to Uttar Pradesh STF. He will be taken to Luckw on Friday and n to Kanpur. As per sources, when he was produced before a UP Court via video conference, police stated in court that Dubey was t cooperating with investigation. While he reportedly accepted what happened on intervening night of July 2, he denied killing any policeman. Moreover, Dubey informed court that he was scared that he and his family would be killed in an encounter. When he was asked about how he mand to reach Ujjain, gangster did t offer a satisfactory response, sources observed.

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UP Police crackdown on Dubey's accomplices

Addressing a press briefing, UP IG (Law and order) confirmed that Dubey had been arrested from Ujjain by MP Police. reafter, he revealed details about UP Police's crackdown on his or accomplices. Some of his aides died when police fired in self-defence. 

UP IG (Law and order) remarked, "His (Dubey's) accomplice Prabhat Mishra aka Kartik had a scuffle with police. He had been arrested from Faridabad on July 8. He had a reward of Rs.50,000. When UP Police was bringing him to court from Faridabad to Kanpur, police vehicle stopped due to tyre puncture. Mishra snatched a pistol from a policeman, opened fire and tried to escape. 2 STF personnel were injured. Mishra was injured after police fired in self-defence. He was prounced dead on arrival at nearest hospital."

He added, "In Etawah, re was an incident of a Swift car getting stolen. When police zoomed in on a suspected car, miscreants inside tried to open fire. One of miscreants died in police firing. He was present during dastardly incident in Kanpur...Three or accomplices were arrested too."

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Kanpur Encounter

Republic had earlier uncovered from Vikas Dubey's aide that torious gangster was already fed information about police raid five hours in advance. Dubey had instructed his henchmen to kill all policemen who were part of raid. He had instructed his aides to keep weapons ready. As a result, his gang members were already waiting for police to arrive, leading to ambush. Daya Shankar Agnihotri, an accomplice of Dubey who was arrested on Sunday, had claimed that Dubey had received an alert. Police surveillance had found that a few cops were in contact with Vikas Dubey and SO Vinay Tiwari is said to be one of m. Four policemen have been suspended since n. 

On night of July 3, police team went to raid residence of Vikas Dubey, however, a JCB machine was placed on road to block police vehicle which points out that criminal and his men already knew of police' action. When policemen got down from vehicle after roadblock due to JCB machine, Vikas Dubey's henchmen who had already taken a position on rooftop started firing on policemen ultimately killing eight of m and injuring seven.