Oppn leaders speak in one voice: Vikas Dubey encounter a ‘cover-up’
New Delhi: Gangster Vikas Dubey’s killing near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh this morning drew a slew of charges and claims from different opposition leaders, particularly from the state, including that the ‘encounter’ was a bid to save the ‘big fishes’.
Among those who raised a finger of suspicion over the killing were Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav, BSP chief Mayawati, Congress’ Jitin Prasada, and RLD leader Jayant Chaudhury.
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav took a dig: “Actually, the car did not overturn. It was an effort to save the (state) government from tumbling due to revelation of secrets.” A day earlier, Yadav had sought Dubey’s call details records to be made public.
दरअसल ये कार नहीं पलटी है, राज़ खुलने से सरकार पलटने से बचाई गयी है.
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) July 10, 2020
Issuing a video statement, Congress leader Jitin Prasada from Uttar Pradesh alleged: “If an eye for an eye is the answer, then what is the need for a court?” He said that the alleged encounter raised question about “who are the people who wanted the secrets to be buried with Dubey?”
With the end of Vikas Dubey in custody the govt has ensured that the trail which would have exposed his nexus with people in positions of power who allowed criminals like him to flourish, has ended too. https://t.co/QPCWXNxoIo
— Jitin Prasada जितिन प्रसाद (@JitinPrasada) July 10, 2020
Echoing the sentiment, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweeted: “The culprit is finished, but what about the crime and the people who protected it?”
उप्र की कानून-व्यवस्था बदतर हो चुकी है। राजनेता-अपराधी गठजोड़ प्रदेश पर हावी है। कानपुर कांड में इस गठजोड़ की सांठगांठ खुलकर सामने आई।
कौन-कौन लोग इस तरह के अपराधी की परवरिश में शामिल हैं- ये सच सामने आना चाहिए।
सुप्रीम कोर्ट के मौजूदा जज से पूरे कांड की न्यायिक जाँच होनी चाहिए pic.twitter.com/vRHQlsaJ3y
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 10, 2020
BSP supremo Mayawati, who recently backed the Centre’s handling of the India-China tensions, demanded a “high-level inquiry” into the alleged shootout.
Mayawati said the inquiry be under the Supreme Court supervision, adding that the need for the same arises not just to know the truth but also to “determine the police-criminal-politician nexus”.
2. यह उच्च-स्तरीय जाँच इसलिए भी जरूरी है ताकि कानपुर नरसंहार में शहीद हुए 8 पुलिसकर्मियों के परिवार को सही इन्साफ मिल सके। साथ ही, पुलिस व आपराधिक राजनीतिक तत्वों के गठजोड़ की भी सही शिनाख्त करके उन्हें भी सख्त सजा दिलाई जा सके। ऐसे कदमों से ही यूपी अपराध-मुक्त हो सकता है। 2/2
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) July 10, 2020
Chaudhury was the most vocal of the lot, dubbing the encounter a “drama”. In a series of tweets, he alleged: “After Vikas Dubey’s encounter, all the judges of the country should resign. There is no need of courts in BJP’s ‘Kill Raj’. All this drama has been created to save the real culprits in the killing of eight policemen!”
8 पुलिसकर्मियों के हत्या के असली अपराधियों को बचाने के लिए ये सब ड्रामा रचा गया है!
— Jayant Chaudhary (@jayantrld) July 10, 2020
विकास दुबे के encounter के बाद देश के सारे न्यायाधीश को इस्तीफ़ा दे देना चाहिए। भाजपा के ठोक दो राज में अदालत की ज़रूरत ही नहीं है!
— Jayant Chaudhary (@jayantrld) July 10, 2020
Hitting out at the Uttar Pradesh Police, he said: “Haryana Police can apprehend & hand over a wanted criminal to UP Police, but UP Police can’t even secure the man for questioning & judicial process! At its best, a botch-up by UP Police. At its worst, an attempt to save bosses in case criminal-police- politician nexus is exposed!”
IANS
