Station officer suspended over ‘involvement’ in Kanpur shootout

Lucknow, July 4

The UP Police have suspended station officer (SO) of the Chaubeypur police station in Kanpur district in view of allegations of his involvement in the killing of eight policemen by criminals during a raid to arrest history-sheeter Vikas Dubey.

“In view of the allegations levelled against the SO, he has been suspended and all allegations are being thoroughly looked into,” IG (Kanpur Range) Mohit Agarwal said.

“If his involvement or that of any other personnel of the police is found in this incident, they will be sacked from the department and also sent to jail,” he said. The officer, however, did not disclose the nature of allegations against SO Vinay Tiwari. Eight police personnel, including a DSP, were gunned down in a village near Kanpur city by the henchmen of a criminal who lost two of them in a firefight later, officials said.

The policemen who attained martyrdom are — Deputy SP Devendra Mishra (54) who was posted as Circle Officer of Bilhaur, SHO Shivrajpur police station Mahesh Kumar Yadav (42), Sub-Inspector Anoop Kumar Singh (32), Sub-Inspector Nebu Lal (48), constables Jitendra Pal (26), Sultan Singh (34), Bablu Kumar (23) and Rahul Kumar (24).

Seven others, including a civilian, were injured in the attack from a rooftop on a police team after it entered Bikru village past Thursday midnight to arrest Dubey, who has faced 60 criminal cases.

The attackers fled, snatching weapons from the dead and the wounded policemen.When asked about the demolition of Dubey’s house, the officer said, “Most of the villagers have said that he (Dubey) had grabbed people's land using muscle power and built his house. He used to extort money from people. It was a hub of crime.”— PTI

Kill him wherever he is: Dubey’s mother

• “Shoot him wherever he is,” said the angry mother of history-sheeter Vikas Dubey. The accused has at least 60 cases against him, including murder and attempt to murder. An official said there was a possibility that Dubey may have fled to Nepal or taken shelter in a neighbouring state.
• “People came and told me about the incident. I also saw it on TV. One who has given so much pain to others must pay for his sin,” she said.“The government will act as per the norms, what can I do? The government will take steps, which it feels are appropriate,” Dubey’s father said.