Kanpur Encounter: Cop Suspended Over Allegations Of Function In Police’ Killing

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eight UP policemen have been shot lifeless on Friday in Kanpur the place they’d gone to arrest a prison

Lucknow:

The UP Police has suspended from service the Station Officer of Chaubeypur police station in Kanpur district in view of allegations of his involvement within the killing of eight policemen by criminals throughout a raid to arrest notorious gangster Vikas Dubey.

“In view of the allegations levelled towards the Station Officer, he has been suspended and all of the allegations are being totally seemed into,” IG Kanpur Vary Mohit Agarwal informed reporters in Kanpur.

“If his involvement or that of every other personnel of the police is discovered on this incident, then they are going to be sacked from the division and likewise despatched to jail,” he mentioned.

The officer, nonetheless, didn’t disclose the character of allegations towards Vinay Tiwari, the Station Officer of Chaubeypur police station.

Eight police personnel, together with a DSP, have been gunned down in a village close to Kanpur metropolis by the henchmen of a prison who misplaced two of them in a firefight later, officers mentioned.

The policemen who have been killed are – Deputy SP Devendra Mishra (54) who was posted as Circle Officer of Bilhaur, SHO Shivrajpur police station Mahesh Kumar Yadav (42), Sub-Inspector Anoop Kumar Singh (32), Sub-Inspector Nebu Lal (48), constables Jitendra Pal (26), Sultan Singh (34), Bablu Kumar (23) and Rahul Kumar (24).

Seven others, together with a civilian, have been injured within the assault from a rooftop on a police staff after it entered Bikru village previous Thursday midnight to arrest Vikas Dubey, who has faced 60 criminal cases.

The attackers fled, snatching weapons from the lifeless and the wounded policemen.

Mr Agarwal, when requested to touch upon what number of individuals have been detained and which different states the police was specializing in within the hunt for Vikas Dubey, refused to reply, saying “operational and strategic issues are usually not revealed by the police.”

When requested concerning the demolition of Vikas Dubey’s house, the officer mentioned, “A lot of the villagers have mentioned that he (Dubey) had grabbed individuals’s land utilizing muscle energy and constructed his home. He used to extort cash from individuals. It was a hub of crime. There was anger among the many native individuals and there was a sense of vengeance amongst them.”

The Kanpur Vary IG went on to say that members of the family of the prison may have been attacked by the native individuals however the scenario didn’t go uncontrolled resulting from police presence.

Earlier throughout the day Mohit Agarwal informed information company Press Belief of India, “To nab Vikas Dubey and his accomplices, as many as 25 teams have been formed that are conducting raids in several districts of the state and different states as nicely.”

Police officers additionally mentioned a surveillance staff was scanning over 500 cell phones and efforts have been on to retrieve info pertaining to Vikas Dubey. The Particular Job Drive of UP Police has additionally been roped in.

Mr Agarwal additionally mentioned money reward of Rs 50,000 has been introduced for offering details about Vikas Dubey and the id of the data supplier shall be stored secret.

He additionally mentioned that seven policemen, who have been injured within the encounter, have been admitted to a personal hospital the place their situation was steady.

Police, late on Friday evening, had raided Vikas Dubey’s home in Krishnanagar space of Lucknow.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath rushed to Kanpur on Friday to fulfill the members of the family of the policemen who died throughout the operation and announced financial assistance of Rs one crore every to the bereaved households.

Promising that these behind the heinous crime is not going to be let off, the Chief Minister mentioned a authorities job could be given to a member of every of the bereaved households, in addition to extraordinary pension.

Stressing that the federal government was with the households, Yogi Adityanath mentioned it will work to make sure that justice was executed and people behind the crime have been punished as per the legislation.

“Among the weapons which the criminals had fled with have been recovered. None of these chargeable for this heinous act shall be spared and the sacrifice of the eight policemen is not going to be allowed to go in useless. The courageous jawans have been killed whereas they’d gone for finishing up a raid as a part of their responsibility,” he mentioned.
 

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