UP cops get 4-day transit remand of two Dubey aides

THANE: A court in Thane in Maharashtra on Monday granted transit remand of four days to Uttar Pradesh police of two Vikas Dubey aides held here earlier.

The two, identified as Arvind alias Guddan Trivedi (45) and his driver Sushilkumar alias Sonu Tiwari (30), were held on Saturday by Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad from a chawl in Dhokali area of Thane.

Uttar Pradesh police produced the two in the court of First Class Judicial Magistrate AB Kadian who granted transit remand till July 16, and ordered that the duo be subjected to a coronavirus test before being taken to the northern state. Eight policemen were ambushed and killed in Bikru village in Chaubeypur area of Kanpur when they were going to arrest Dubey shortly af ter midnight on July 3.

Dubey was later held from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh and was killed in an encounter af ter a police vehicle carr ying him to Kanpur met with an accident and he tried to escape.