Dubey had knowledge of raid: Arrested aide
UP SHOOTOUT Suspected gang member arrested after a gunfight
A CALLER FROM A POLICE STATION INFORMED DUBEY ABOUT THE RAID, SAID AGNIHOTRI
KANPUR/LUCKNOW: Police in Uttar Pradesh have arrested an aide of criminal Vikas Dubey and intensified search for suspected informers in the force who could have tipped him off a raid that eventually led to the killing of eight personnel by his gang, officials said on Sunday.
Daya Shankar Agnihotri, suspected to be part of the gang that laid a trap for the police team raiding Kanpur Dehat’s Bikru village and attacked them on Thursday night, was arrested after a gunfight in Kalyanpur area near Kanpur city. Agnihotri, who has three criminal cases including two cases of attempt to murder against him, suffered a bullet wound in his right leg. He carried a reward of ₹25,000.
Agnihotri said in a video statement that a caller from a police station informed the 48-year-old Dubey, who faces 60 criminal cases, about the raid. HT has seen the video.
KANPUR/LUCKNOW :Police in Uttar Pradesh arrested an aide of criminal Vikas Dubey and intensified search for suspected informers in the force who could have tipped him off about a raid that eventually led to the killing of eight personnel by his gang, officials said on Sunday.
Daya Shankar Agnihotri, suspected to be part of the gang that laid a trap for the police team raiding Kanpur Dehat’s Bikru village and attacked them on Thursday, was arrested after a gunfight in Kalyanpur area near Kanpur. Agnihotri, who has three criminal cases including two cases of attempted murder against him, suffered a bullet wound in his right leg. He carried a reward of ~25,000, and was allegedly Dubey’s domestic help.
Agnihotri said in a video statement that a caller from a police station informed Dubey, who faces 60 criminal cases, about the raid. HT has seen the video.
Officials suspect it could be the police station in Chaubeypur, about 14km from Bikru. It is the place where an attempt to murder case was registered against Dubey by a villager on Wednesday. The team that went to raid Dubey’s village past Thursday midnight left from Chaubeypur. Agnihotri said at least 25 people were waiting with Dubey for the police team, which walked into the trap and was ambushed in a 15-minute onslaught, the official said.