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Vikas Dubey killed; cops say gangster shot at them and tried to flee

Vikas Dubey and his gang shot dead 8 policemen who had come to arrest him near Kanpur village last week

Gangster Vikas Dubey in police custody after he was arrested at Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain on Thursday. Photo: ANI
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Gangster Vikas Dubey in police custody after he was arrested at Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain on Thursday. Photo: ANI

BS Web TeamAgencies New Delhi
Gangster Vikas Dubey, accused of killing eight policemen in a shootout last week, was shot dead Friday morning when he tried to break free while being taken in a convoy to Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh from Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain city, where he was arrested on Thursday.
 
"Dubey was killed in encounter when he tried to flee after a road accident," Mohit Agarwal, Kanpur’s Inspector General of Police, told news agencies. The incident took place between Jhansi and Kanpur, The Indian Express reported.
 
A vehicle carrying Dubey, whose age is unknown, in the UP Police's Special Task Force’s (STF)