Gangster Vikas Dubey was killed in an encounter on Friday
LUCKNOW: Vikas Dubey was a relatively unknown name in Uttar Pradesh and its underworld till Friday, July 3.
As the sun dawned on Friday, Dubey had become the most dreaded name in the country.
He and his accomplices had shot dead eight police personnel in Bikru village under Chaubeypur police circle in cold blood.
The police team had gone to Vikas Dubey’s house in the wee hours of Friday to arrest him in a case of attempted murder.
Dubey, who had been tipped off about the police raid by some moles in the police force, was prepared with his gang and opened fire on unsuspecting police personnel.
He fled the scene with his accomplices, leaving behind a trail of blood, rage and horror.
The incident, first of its kind in Uttar Pradesh, led to nationwide outrage and cast aspersions on the Yogi Adityanath government and the state police force.
The Kanpur police shot dead two suspects, Prem Prakash Pandey and Atul Dubey, within four hours of the incident.
In another knee-jerk reaction, the police demolished Dubey’s house in Bikru village a day after the massacre and trampled over hi