Another Vikas Dubey accomplice arrested from Kanpur

Kanpur, July 14

The Kanpur police have arrested another member of the Vikas Dubey gang, Shashikant alias Sonu, on Tuesday from the Mela Tiraha area in Kanpur.

Addressing a press conference here, Additional Director General (ADG) (Law and order) Prashant Kumar said that on the information provided by Shashikant, the police had recovered an INSAS rifle and 20 cartridges from his house. These were snatched by the miscreants from the police on the night of the incident.

“We have also recovered an AK-47 and 17 cartridges from the house of Vikas Dubey at Bikru village,” the ADG said.

The house was demolished by the police on July 4.

The ADG said Shashikant had confessed to his involvement in the shootout in which eight policemen were killed on July 3. The arrested criminal has also named the other accused in the crime.

The ADG said that of the 21 accused, four had been arrested, namely Shyamu Bajpai, Jahaan Yadav, Daya Shankar Agnihotri and now Shashikant.

He said six of the accused – Vikas Dubey, Amar Dubey, Prabhat Mishra, Bauan Dubey, Prem Prakash Pandey and Atul Dubey had been killed in encounters.

“Eleven of the accused are at large and will be arrested soon,” the official said.

The ADG refused to take any questions at the press conference and left abruptly. IANS