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UP Shootout: Corrupt Officer Has The Blood Of 8 Colleagues On His Hand

By Sunil Garodia
First publised on 2020-07-04 20:50:43

About the Author

Sunil Garodia Editor-in-Chief of indiacommentary.com. Current Affairs analyst and political commentator. Author of Cyber Scams in India, Digital Arrest, The Money Trap and The Human Hack

When Yogi Adityanath assumed office as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, he had given orders to the police to be very strict with gangsters. Thereafter, the police force went after gangs with a vengeance and several dreaded gangsters were eliminated. Then how did Vikas Dubey, alleged to be one of the most dreaded killers around in the state, escape the net? The police had to pay a heavy price for the folly when they went to arrest him from his house in Bikru village, just 45 kilometres away from Kanpur on Thursday. An insider had tipped Dubey about the raid and he laid a trap and killed eight policemen.

Who is Vikas Dubey and what gives him the temerity to take on the administration in such an audacious manner? There is no love lost between the BJP and Dubey. He was the prime accused in the murder of BJP leader Santosh Shukla inside the Shivli police station in 2001. Since then, he has been dabbling in real estate and politics. He and his wife have won in Zila Panchayat elections from different seats. But he is basically a small-time politician. His real clout is in being a bahubali and he is said to be involved in many shady land deals and land-grabbing. Although the Congress has alleged that he has political patronage from ruling party leaders, there is no clinching evidence of that.

The administration is now working overtime to control the fallout. The police arrested Vinay Tiwari, SO of Chaubepur, for allegedly tipping-off Dubey's men about the raid. He was questioned about his role in the incident and was later suspended. The police also razed Dubey's house in the village as it was allegedly illegally built on grabbed land. But Dubey has gone underground and the police were not able to trace him even after 48 hours despite their best efforts. The gangster has thrown a challenge. The UP administration has to rise to the occasion and lift the morale of the police force by arresting him soon. It has to keep its promise of not allowing bahubalis to control the countryside. If Vinay Tiwari is indeed guilty of alerting Dubey, suspension is not enough punishment for him as he has the blood of 8 of his colleagues on his hands. His punishment must be strict enough to set an example and deter other policemen who wear khakhi but act as stooges of gangsters. 

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