Gangster Vikas Dubey Was Killed In Self Defence, Encounter Wasn't Fake, UP Police Tells Court

The Uttar Pradesh Police has told the Supreme Court that Kanpur gangster Vikas Dubey was not killed in a fake encounter and that they had opened fire at him as an act of self-defence after he tried to escape.

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In an affidavit, the UP government said "The facts of the present case are completely and diametrically different from facts emerging in an incident which took place in Hyderabad." The state government through a four-point chart chalked out the difference between the Hyderabad encounter case and the shootout that killed Dubey.

On July 15, the Supreme Court hinted that it could appoint a committee to inquire into the killing of Dubey and his associates.

The UP Police told SC that encounter was correct, and in no way, can it be termed as a fake encounter.

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Vikas Dubey was arrested by the Madhya Pradesh Police in Ujjain on July 9. He was on the run and had come to the city to offer prayers at the Mahakal temple. The history-sheeter was killed in an encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Police on July 10 after he allegedly attempted to flee.

In the affidavit, UP Police said that the accused was sitting between constable Pradeep Kumara and Pachuri in the middle seat when the accident took place.

¡°All the four police persons in the vehicle got seriously injured and lost consciousness. Accused Vikas Dubey snatched a pistol from Inspector Rama Kant Pichauri and escaped through the backdoor of the police SUV,¡± the affidavit said.

The police also stated that in the crossfire, six bullets were fired by police. Only three hit the accused.

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On being asked about how Dubey who had an iron rod implant in his leg and was spotted limping in Ujjain, then how could he escape by running? The police responded, "Accused was perfectly mobile. He had run for more than 3 km on July 2-3 after brutally killing 8 policemen. The video recording at Mahakaal Ujjain shows that accused was walking/moving very well. His fast and covert travel across several states in a couple of days is a clear testimony of his perfect mobility."

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Responding to allegations of vehicles carrying media persons being stopped midway, the UP police said no media was stopped by it.

"Media vehicles continuously followed the police vehicle from Ujjain and did a live telecast. The police claimed that there was a traffic jam at the checkpoints, and the vehicles of two media houses had immediately reached the accident site," it said.