Gangster Vikas Dubey shot dead in encounter: Latest developments

NEW DELHI: Eight days after the Bikru village bloodbath in which eight cops were killed, gangster Vikas Dubey was shot dead in an early Friday morning encounter by the STF and police.

The encounter occurred near Sachendi area, 2km from district headquarters, when one of the three police vehicles taking gangster Vikas Dubey to Kanpur from Ujjain, where he was arrested, overturned following heavy rains near Sachendi on the highway.

Here are the latest developments:

Dubey had 3 bullet injuries in chest, 1 in hand: Doctor

Vikas Dubey had received four bullet injuries, three of them in the chest, said the principal of a medical college where the gangster was brought.

Principal of Ganesh Shankar Vidhyarthi Medical College Dr R B Kamal told reporters that Dubey was brought dead to the hospital. “Dubey sustained four bullet injuries, three in the chest and one in the hand.”

But the post-mortem report is yet to be made public.

Herd of cattle caused accident of car carrying Dubey, claims STF

The UP STF has now claimed that a herd of cows and buffaloes suddenly appeared before the vehicle that was bringing gangster Vikas Dubey to Kanpur and this caused the accident, following which he tried to escape but was shot dead.

“The herd of cows, buffaloes suddenly came in front of the