KANPUR, Jul 10: Gangster Vikas Dubey was shot dead on Friday, a week after he allegedly masterminded an ambush at his village here in which eight policemen were killed. The timeline:
July 3
* Eight police personnel, including a DSP, gunned down in Bikru village near Kanpur allegedly by the henchmen of gangster Vikas Dubey.
*Hours later, Vikas Dubey’s two accomplices also killed in an encounter.
July 4
*UP Police suspends Chaubeypur station officer Vinay Tiwari, suspected of tipping off Dubey about a raid to arrest him.
*Vikas Dubey’s house in Bikru village razed under police presence.
July 5
*Vikas Dubey’s aide Dayashankar Agnihotri arrested in a pre-dawn encounter in Kanpur.
July 6
*UP Police suspends three more of their men.
*UP Police says they are probing allegations in a letter purportedly written by slain DSP Devendra Mishra, alleging links between Vinay Tiwari and Dubey.
July 7
*All 68 personnel of the Chaubeypur police station shunted to the reserve police line.
*Three more people linked with Dubey arrested.
*DIG Anant Deo, a former Kanpur Nagar SSP, transferred to the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) in Moradabad.
July 8
*Police shoot dead an aide of gangster Vikas Dubey and arrest six other alleged accomplices.
*Two suspended sub inspectors, Vinay Tiwari and Bikru beat in-charge K K Sharma, also arrested.
*UP STF detains Vikas Dubey’s brother-in-law Raju Nigam in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol district.
July 9
*Madhya Pradesh police arrest Vikas Dubey outside Mahakal temple in Ujjain, hand him over to UP Police.
*Dubey’s aides Prabhat and Praveen shot dead in separate encounters in UP.
* Dubey’s wife, son and a help held by the Uttar Pradesh police for questioning.
July 10
*Vikas Dubey shot dead on the outskirts of Kanpur. Police say he was trying to escape from custody. (PTI)
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