Vikas Dubey Killed In A Shootout:- Uttar Pradesh based gangster Vikas Dubey who killed eight cops last week was the prime accused in hundreds of cases. Vikas Dubey was missing after the incident and he was nabbed in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain yesterday. The Madhya Pradesh cops handed over Vikas Dubey to the Uttar Pradesh cops yesterday. Vikas Dubey attempted to flee after one of the vehicles overturned last night. Vikas Dubey snatched the pistol from an injured cop and tried to defend himself. The cops tried their hard to control the situation and asked him to surrender. Finally, Vikas Dubey died in an encounter. He was taken to the hospital and the doctors confirmed that he was dead.

According to sources, gangster Vikas Dubey attempted to flee after the car overturned. Shots were fired and he has been rushed to a hospital; more details awaited on his condition https://t.co/VPBEQjlcai

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Four policemen were injured in the accident. The visuals of Vikas Dubey's body taken to the hospital and the place of encounter are circulated on social media platforms. The incident took place near the outskirts of Kanpur. A team of Special Task Force (STF) officials were taking Vikas Dubey back to Kanpur. Vikas Dubey was accused of killing a BJP MLA 20 years ago and he is the primed accused in over 60 criminal cases in Uttar Pradesh. Right after the recent incident in his village Bikru, the government of Uttar Pradesh announced a reward of Rs 5 lakhs for those who provide the information about his whereabouts.

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SSP Kanpur said that the cops never wanted to kill Vikas Dubey and they were in self-defense. The cops tried their best to take him back into custody but Vikas Dubey opened fire said SSP. The postmortem is currently going on in a hospital in Kanpur.

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