Kanpur: Gopal Saini, a close aide of slain gangster Vikas Dubey, carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, surrendered before a special court in Kanpur Dehat, a government counsel said. The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) and Kanpur Police were on the lookout for Gopal Saini since July 3 after eight […]
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Vikas Dubey didn’t surrender: UP police to SC
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh Police have informed the Supreme Court that gangster Vikas Dubey did not surrender after the Ujjain police verified his identity and took him into custody. Later, this information was shared with the UP police. Clarifying on the change of vehicles in the incident, the UP police said Dubey was taken […]
Cops fired at Vikas Dubey in self defence: UP govt to SC
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has informed the Supreme Court that the UP Police fired back at gangster Vikas Dubey in self defence after he tried to escape and that this case is diametrically different from the Hyderabad encounter case. In an affidavit, the UP government said “The facts of the present case are […]
SC hints at panel to probe Vikas Dubey’s encounter killing
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday hinted at forming a committee to probe the encounter killing of Uttar Pradesh gangster Vikas Dubey on July 10. A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde said it was something that the court would do very reluctantly. “We will do something very similar to the Hyderabad gangrape-murder […]
Allahabad HC dismisses plea for probe into Vikas Dubey encounter
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition seeking a judicial inquiry into the encounter death of gangster Vikas Dubey. The state government told the court that it had already set up a judicial commission and a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the July 3 ambush in which eight policemen were shot dead […]
Brahmin cauldron boils with rage in UP over ‘encounter’
Lucknow: The caste cauldron is simmering with rage in Uttar Pradesh and this time, it is the Brahmins who are at the centre of this political churning. The encounter of Vikas Dubey and five other accomplices – all of them Brahmins – had led to protests from the community. Brahmin leaders in the Congress are […]
Rohit Shetty trends after netizens learn Vikas Dubey’s car overturned
Mumbai: Filmmaker Rohit Shetty has been trending on Twitter since Friday morning but for all the wrong reasons. Rohit Shetty’s name started to trend after netizens learnt that the car carrying Kanpur-based gangster Vikas Dubey had overturned after skidding on the road due to heavy rain on Friday morning and he was allegedly killed in […]