UP Police increases reward on History Sheeter Vikas Dubey to Rs 5 Lakh

Kanpur: The prize money has been increased to Rs 5 lakh on Vikas Dubey, the main accused in the Kanpur shootout. ADG Law and Order Prashant Kumar informed this during the press conference on Wednesday.

The ADG said that Amar Dubey, aide of Vikas and wanted in the Kanpur incident, was shot dead on Wednesday morning. A semi-automatic pistol has been found near this miscreant. Last night Shyamu Vajpayee and two companions of Vikas were arrested.

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Amar Dubey shot dead in encounter:

He said that three people, including Prabhat, a relative of Vikas, have been detained by the police. Four bodies have been recovered from them, out of which two are official bodies.

The two government realities were snatched from the police on the night of 2 July. Police has also found a CCTV footage showing a man in a blue shirt. The police suspect that this blue-shirted youth is Vikas Dubey.

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Gangster Vikas Dubey is absconding since the killing of eight policemen in Bikaru village on the night of 2 July. Raids are on in search of him. Vikas Dubey is not known even for five days, but police action is going on against his close ones.

Police have said that Amar along with Vikas Dubey was involved in the killing of policemen in Bikaru village of Kanpur. Amar, along with Vikas and his operatives, fired on the police team. In this attack 8 soldiers of UP police martyred. Since then, the cops were searching for him. A reward of 25 thousand rupees was also announced by the police on Amar Dubey.

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