Oppn demands probe into ‘nexus’ between police, criminals in UP
LUCKNOW: Opposition parties hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over gangster Vikas Dubey’s killing after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in the July 3 killing of eight policemen in Kanpur, with former chief minister Mayawati demanding a Supreme Courtmonitored probe into the “nexus” between “police and criminal politics”.
“A probe under the Supreme Court should be done into the killing of the policemen and then overturning of the car in which the UP [Uttar Pradesh] police were bringing the heinous criminal Vikas Dubey... and Dubey’s killing by the police,” Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said in a series of tweets.
Another former chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav, who heads the Samajwadi Party, said in a tweet in Hindi: “It is not the car that overturned, the government saved itself from overturning by preventing the secrets from coming out.”
Congress’s general secretary and Uttar Pradesh in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra raised questions about Dubey’s protectors. “Fine, the criminal [Dubey] is dead but what about those who protected him and his crime?” she tweeted.
CONGRESS LEADER JITIN PRASADA SAID THE PEOPLE EXPECT JUSTICE FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND NOT REVENGE
LUCKNOW: Opposition parties hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over gangster Vikas Dubey’s killing after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in the July 3 killing of eight policemen in Kanpur, with former chief minister Mayawati demanding a Supreme Courtmonitored probe into the “nexus” between “police and criminal politics”.
Police claimed Dubey was killed when he snatched a policeman’s gun and tried to flee after a car bringing him back from Madhya Pradesh, where he was arrested on Thursday, overturned. Dubey’s arrest ended a frantic manhunt that was launched after the eight were killed in one of the deadliest attacks on policemen in recent years.
In a series of tweets, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati underlined the necessity for a high-level probe for justice. “A probe under the Supreme Court should be done into the killing of the policemen and then overturning of the car in which the UP [Uttar Pradesh] police were bringing the heinous criminal
Vikas Dubey... and Dubey’s killing by the police,” she said.
Mayawati added a high-level probe is necessary for justice to the families of the policemen, and to identify the nexus between “police and criminal politics” and for the strongest of punishment for those involved. “Only by taking such steps, UP could be made crime-free.”
Another former chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav, who heads the Samajwadi Party, said in a tweet in Hindi: “It is not the car that overturned, the government saved itself from overturning by preventing the secrets from coming out.”
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress’s general secretary and Uttar Pradesh in-charge, raised questions about Dubey’s protectors. “Fine, the criminal [Dubey] is dead but what about those who protected him and his crime?” she tweeted. Congress leader Jitin Prasada said the people expect justice from the government and not revenge. “What is the difference between a soldier and a criminal,” he tweeted. “With the end of Vikas Dubey in police custody the government has ensured that the trail which would have exposed his nexus with the people in positions of power who allowed criminals like him to flourish has ended too,” he said in another tweet.
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, who is a former ally of the ruling BJP, echoed Prasada. “What was suspected has happened. Had Vikas Dubey spilled the beans, then a lot of leaders and officers would have been in trouble,” he said. Rajbhar said Dubey has been silenced before he could testify before a magistrate. “...the policemen whom Dubey killed did not get justice . ... the syndicate of police and leaders would have been exposed. With Dubey’s death, the hope of justice has been buried too.” He added this has exposed the government.
A deputy superintendent, three sub-inspectors, and four constables were killed in the July 3 shoot-out when they walked into a trap after some of their own allegedly tipped off Dubey about an attempt to arrest him.