SIT recommends ED probe into ₹150 cr property

LUCKNOW : The special investigation team (SIT) has recommended an Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into the property worth ₹150 crore amassed by slain gangster Vikas Dubey and his aides, senior state government officials said here on Tuesday.

Dubey was shot dead by police in an encounter on July 10.

The SIT was set up to probe different aspects of the ambush case in which eight policemen, including deputy SP Devendra

Mishra, were shot dead by Dubey and his aides when a police team raided his house in Bikru village of Kanpur in the wee hours of July 3.

The special investigation team had earlier recommended action against 90 officials, including 41 police men, and other government employees from rural development, food and revenue departments for allegedly helping the gangster.

“While recommending an ED probe into the gangster’s property, SIT also recommended registration of FIRs against all those officials who had helped Dubey and his gang in the past many years,” said a senior state government official.

He said the special investigation team report also wanted these officials to be given punishment, ranging from severe to mild, for remaining in constant touch with Dubey and helping him.

According to the official, the report, which was submitted in October this year and accepted by the government recently, said the officials did not attend to complaints against the gangster and issued licensed weapons, SIM cards and passports to him and his gang on the basis of fake documents and false details.

He said special investigation team, headed by additional chief secretary Sanjay Bhoosreddy, mentioned in its 3,100 page report that strict action should be taken against officials who had helped the gang procure licensed weapons and ammunition.