Accused of helping Vikas Dubey’s nephew held

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Kanpur: Vikas Yadav alias Vicky, accused of helping Amar

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, nephew of the infamous Vikas Dubey, who was absconding after the Bikru incident, has been arrested by the Panki police on Sunday. Vikas was identified recently when the STF busted a gang selling Vikas’s arms.

The gangster -Vikas Dubey had absconded with nephew Amar Dubey and neighbor Prabhat Mishra after killing eight policemen in Bikru on July 2, 2020.

The story of absconding of Dubey and his aides came to the fore after the STF caught the gang trying to sell Vikas Dubey’s weapons in Madhya Pradesh recently. Vikas and his henchmen had taken shelter in the Kanpur Dehat after carrying out the crime.

Inspector Panki Anjan Kumar Singh said that at one point of time Vikas, Amar and Prabhat escaped separately after reaching Kanpur Dehat.

Amar took shelter in Karijhala village of Kanpur Dehat. Initially, he went to Sanjay Parihar’s garden in Karijhala village and later stayed at Puttu Mishra’s tubewell. One Radhey had brought him here on his motorcycle. Radhey was arrested by the STF. In the interrogation, the name of Vicky Yadav alias Vikas Yadav, a resident of Yadav Nagar of Rasoolabad in Kanpur Dehat, came to the fore.

Inspector further said that since then police were behind Vikas. He was residing in Darshan Purwa of Fazalganj police station area by changing his identity. On information, the police nabbed Vikas Yadav on Sunday.

During interrogation, Vikas has confessed to aiding with regard to the arrangement of refreshments.