What happened to Vikas Dubey?

Late last week on an empty field by the national highway that led to Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Police shot dead Vikas Dubey, ganglord and small-time politician from Chaubeypur. The template was the same as any encounter killing—the victim grabbed a cop’s pistol and was killed when he fired at the police.

How did the big gangsters become so rich?

Many big gangsters began their career as government tender mafia. They became big railway contractors and bagged other government infrastructure projects. These contracts were finagled using muscle power. They amassed huge wealth. Money begets money.

Why is there a manhunt for Chhatrapati Dubey?

The five-state manhunt for Dubey and his subsequent arrest in Ujjain and death nearly a week after his Gang of Chaubeypur massacred eight policemen in Bikru village reflects the darkness that plagues India, and specifically UP. It points to a lethal nexus involving politicians, policemen and criminals.

Who is Rajiv Dubey?

Dubey was a small-time ‘bahubali’ who grabbed votes for netas at gunpoint in the ’90s. He became a small-time politician after winning the Shivrajpur seat in a Zila Panchayat election from jail where he was serving a murder charge.

Gangster Vikas Dubey, who was arrested in connection with the murder of eight policemen in Kanpur, was killed in police custody on Friday morning, the Uttar Pradesh Police told ANI. The police claimed that one of their vehicles escorting Dubey back to the state from Madhya Pradesh overturned on a highway early in the morning.

Did Vikas Dubey try to escape from Kanpur encounter?

The police claimed that Dubey tried to escape after one of the vehicles escorting him to Kanpur overturned. Gangster Vikas Dubey, the main accused in killing of eight policemen in the Kanpur encounter recently, being apprehended by police personnel in Ujjain. | PTI

Who was Dinesh Dubey and what did he do?

The deceased was a well-known local businessman Dinesh Dubey, who dealt in cables. Unidentified locals from Dubey’s village told India Today that he began his career in crime with snatching and robberies sometime in the early 1990s. Later, he formed a gang of his own.

Most recently, the Uttar Pradesh police on July 10 killed 56-year-old gangster Vikas Dubey, with more than 60 criminal cases against him, in an encounter. The police’s version of the events that led to Dubey’s death is eerily similar to a case that took place in Hyderabad, the capital of the southern Indian state Telangana, in December 2019.

Was Dubey really needed alive?

Dubey was much needed alive. His interrogation would have revealed the deadly mix of politics-babudom-police by naming the actual members. He would have named the traitors within the police who, betrayed their brave brethren on that fateful night when Dubey and his gang hacked eight cops to death.

Do encounters deliver justice?

Encounters do not deliver justice. Since the night of bloodbath in village Bikru, on the outskirts of Kanpur, when 8 policemen fell in a hail of fire by Vikas Dubey and his henchmen, there was widespread speculation that the gangster’s end was near. Though he escaped that night, it was only a matter of time that he would be apprehended.

He was killed on 10 July 2020 in an encounter, after the police vehicle carrying him met with an accident. Media reports state that because of his political connections, Vikas Dubey had been acquitted for most of his murders, despite the presence of multiple witnesses at the scenes.

Who was killed in the Dubey murder case?

On 3 July 2020, during an attempt to arrest Dubey and his men, eight policemen were killed, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), while seven police personnel were left injured. Two gunmen, identified as a maternal uncle and another close relative of Dubey, were also killed in the gunfight.

Who is Rishard Dubey?

Dubey soon became one of the most wanted criminals in Kanpur. The first case against him was lodged in 1990 for murder. Soon after, he associated himself as a close aide of the politician Harikishan Srivastava.

Who is Srivastava Dubey?

Srivastava was then a part of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the mid-1990s. Dubey also joined the BJP in 1995-96 and won elections at the district level, by allegedly employing force. His wife, Richa Dubey, has also won elections of local bodies.

A week after news of eight UP policemen being killed in a shoot-out in Kanpur shook the nation, on 3 july, the country woke up to find out that the prime accused, history-sheeter Vikas Dubey, has been killed in an alleged encounter on Friday.

Who is vishnuvikas Dubey?

Vikas Dubey, said to be in his 50s, was also accused of killing state minister Santosh Shukla in 2001. He surrendered in 2002 but was acquitted later.

Who is Anurag Dubey?

Dubey, who has a long-standing history of heinous crimes, only has a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head. Dubey is also accused of plotting murders while in prison, including the murder of his cousin, Anurag. He also won the Nagar Panchayat elections from Shivrajpur while in jail, and is said to be well-connected with every party in the state.

Who is Rajiv Dubey and how did he die?

Dubey, who was arrested from Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain on Thursday, after a six-day-long search, was killed in an encounter while he was allegedly trying to flee after one of the vehicles that was part of the convoy of the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF), that was bringing back Dubey from Ujjain to Kanpur, overturned.

Vikas Dubey a known criminal in the Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh was killed on 10 July 2020. The Vikas Dubey encounter came after he along with his men killed 8 policemen in Kanpur. The police claimed that Vikas Dubey had snatched a pistol from one of Special Task Force (STF) police personnel and tried to flee.

Who is Rajiv Dubey and why was he killed?

Dubey was shot dead by the Uttar Pradesh police personnel on the outskirts of Kanpur city on Friday morning. The police claimed that he was trying to flee after the car carrying him from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh overturned at Bhaunti in Kanpur district.

Is Manoj Bajpayee starrer Bhonsle making a movie on Vikas Dubey’s life?

The makers of Manoj Bajpayee starrer Bhonsle are planning a movie on the life of gangster Vikas Dubey, who was shot dead after he allegedly tried to escape from police custody in Kanpur early on Friday morning. Producer Sandiip Kapur confirmed the news to indianexpress.com.