BJP Leader Vikas Dubey Forced To Clarify That He Is Not The Dreaded Criminal Who Killed Eight UP Cops

A BJP leader named Vikas Dubey who is the namesake of a dreaded gangster who is wanted in connection with the murder of eight Uttar Pradesh cops, was forced to clarify the same in a twitter video.

In the video the BJP leader said that he is the president of BJP's Kanpur-Bundelkhand division and has been a party worker for the past 20 years.

He claimed that some unscrupulous elements are trying to mislead people by passing him off as the gangster Vikas Dubey on social media platforms. The BJP leader has said that he will be filing a case against all such individuals.

Dreaded Gangster Vikas Dubey

On the early hours of Friday (3 July), eight police personnel, including a circle officer, were shot dead and six policemen seriously injured when Vikas Dubey, and his gang sprayed them with bullets in Vikru village under Chaubeypur police circle in Kanpur.

Dubey is wanted in over 60 criminal cases including murder and robbery. Thus a police team comprising about 50 police personnel had gone to the village around 3.30 am after receiving a tip-off about his presence.

Dubey and his men had stationed a JCB to block their way and as soon as the police team reached there, they started firing from the terrace of a house. The criminals, numbering about a dozen, also pelted stones at the police men.

The gangster and his men later looted weapons from the cops and escaped.

Meanwhile, police has seized an abandoned Mahindra Bolero vehicle in Etawah district. Area people told police that some people riding the vehicle on Friday had asked for directions but then abandoned it.

It is suspected that Vikas Dubey and his accomplices may have travelled to Etawah in this vehicle after committing the crime.

Etawah Superintendent of Police Akash Tomar said that efforts were on to vehicle owner and track those who had seen the vehicle passengers.

In October 2001, Dubey had shot dead senior BJP leader and then chairman of contract labour board, Santosh Shukla, inside the Shivli police station. He though was released on bail a few months later.

With Inputs From IANS