With the death of gangster, Many questions are remained unanswered
Lucknow/ New Delhi. Siyasat.net
Supreme Court Advocate Prashant Bhushan on Friday reacted to the encounter killing of Vikas Dubey, alleging that the incident ensured he didn’t reveal his nexus with top politicians.
“Vikas Dubey killed 8 UP police&escaped. He roamed 4 States in next 5 days, then surrendered publicly in Ujjain temple to avoid being ‘encountered’. After UP police got hold of him, their car carrying him overturns&he is ‘encountered’! So he doesn’t reveal nexus with top Politicos (sic),” Bhushan tweeted.
Who would believe such an improbable story, asks former top cop Asthana
Former DGP, Kerala, N.C. Asthana picks holes in Uttar Pradesh Police’s encounter story. Taking to Twiiter, Dr. Asthana wrote: “Vikas Dubey killed? Really? The same stupid story, which they had for his aide Mishra. Tried to snatch weapon and run away! Only difference in script this time–the car overturned! Who in the world would believe in such an improbable story? That confirms–COVER UP COMPLETE NOW!”
Soon after gangster Vikas Dubey was killed in an encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asked “what about those who aided the criminal”
“The criminal is dead, but what about those who aided the criminal?” the Congress leader tweeted (translated from Hindi).
Kanpur encounter main accused Vikas Dubey was killed in an encounter with the police on Friday.
Dubey, the main accused in the Kanpur encounter case was arrested by the police in Ujjain on Thursday morning. He was on the run for the last several days and had come to Ujjain to offer prayers at Temple, where he was identified by a security guard at the shrine.
The gangster is the main accused in the encounter that took place in Bikru village in Chaubeypur area of Kanpur last week, in which a group of assailants allegedly opened fire on a police team, which had gone to arrest Dubey. Eight police personnel were killed in the encounter.
Dubey managed to escape and the Uttar Pradesh police launched a hunt and raised the bounty on him to Rs 5 lakh.
Vikas’s mafia journey
Dubey’s murky saga commenced with his first murder in 1992, after that he never looked back. In 1996, he came in contact with BSP leader Harikishan Srivastava and helped him win the assembly elections. Since then, Vikas Dubey became the right hand of Harikshan Srivastava but became the enemy of BJP leader Santosh Shukla.
In 2001, Vikas Dubey brutally murdered the then Minister of State Santosh Shukla in the Shivli police station, but the scared cops could not arrest him. He surrendered in a court 6 months later, but due to his fear, no one dared to testify against him. This helped in further growth of his stature in crime as well as politics.
In Kanpur’s assembly seats of Bithur, Kalyanpur, and Bilhaur, Vikas Dubey’s influence kept on growing. From the Ghimau district Panchayat in Kanpur for the last 20 years, someone from his family has got elected as a member.
Vikas Dubey himself has been a member of the District Panchayat. His wife Richa Dubey is currently a member of the District Panchayat. Richa Dubey is stated to have joined the Samajwadi Party in 2015, and his mother Sarla Devi today told media persons that Vikas Dubey is associated with the Samajwadi Party.
Vikas Dubey, however, has been changing his leader as well as party as per his convenience. He has been in contact with leaders of almost all the political parties in Uttar Pradesh, especially in Kanpur and surrounding areas.
In 2017, Vikas Dubey is said to have told STF that he was close to BJP MLAs Abhijeet Sanga and Bhagwati Sagar. He also claimed that these leaders help him, but the same was denied by the BJP leaders.
He also had good contacts with local BSP leaders when Mayawati was in government from 2007 to 2012. During this period, his influence increased manifold and illegally occupied lands worth crores and made his assets of about Rs 200 crores.
Dubey’s photos or his associates’ pictures with politicians and police officers of Uttar Pradesh have gone viral, but everyone is denying their connections with him. The bigwigs are shying away from the crimes of Vikas Dubey, but the truth is that political parties surrender before the vote bank power of such criminals and patronise them. (With Media Input)
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