More than 25 teams have been formed by UP Police to catch the history sheeter Vikas Dubey . Even after 36 hours of incidence, Vikas Dubey is yet to be arrested .
8 policeman in UP were shot dead early Friday when they went to arrest a criminal who is charged for over 60 criminal cases . Among 8 police personnel, 3 were sub inspector and 4 were constables .
The team of police was fired from a height when they went to arrest the criminal . The team had gone to arrest Vikas in Bikaru village ,Kanpur .
” To nab Vikas Dubey and his accomplices, as many as 25 teams have been formed which are conducting raids in different districts of state and other states as well ” said Mohit Agrawal , inspector general of Police , Kanpur .
Mohit Agrawal also announces cash reward of rupees 50,000 for providing information about Vikas Dubey and identity of the informer will be kept secret .
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath came to Kanpur on the day of incidence to meet the family members of the slain policemen. He also promised to give one crore rupees to each of the families.
CM Yogi also promised to serve justice and punish the criminals as per the law.
” Some of the weapons which miscreants had fled with have been recovered. None of those responsible for this heinous act will be left off and the Sacrifice of the slain policemen will not be allowed to go in vain . The brave jawans were killed while they had gone for carrying out a raid as part of their duty ” , he said .
Vikas Dubey was accused for more than 60 criminal cases. Earlier he was accused in the murder of BJP leader Santosh shukla and a retired school Principal . Notably , Shukla was murdered inside Shivli police station in the year 2001.
In 2004 , local court had sentenced him life imprisonment along with all the involved culprits . Later, one of them died in police station while three others were out on bail.
In year 2018 he attacked his own cousin Dinesh Dubey .
Vikas has a connection and control over multiple political parties across borders. Vikas Dubey had also won the election of nagar panchayat in Shivrajpur while being locked in jail.
