Deputy SP’s kin demand probe in police role

Kanpur:Going by the audio clip in which SO Chaubeypur Vinay Tiwari could be heard insisting CO Devendra Mishra to lead the raid at gangster Vikas Dubey’s house in Bikru village on July 2 night, Dy SP’s brother-in-law Kamalkant demanded a fresh probe in this regard.

“The way SO Tiwari is insisting Dy SP Devendra Mishra to lead the raid, it appears prima facie that his intentions were not in good faith. Therefore, our demand from investigating agencies is to probe the role of SO Chaubeypur Vinay Tiwari with regard to Bikru ambush that claimed lives of eight policemen including Dy SP on July 2 & 3 night,” said Kamalkant while talking to reporters.

To recall, the slain deputy SP Devendra Mishra had even written a letter to the then SSP Anant Deo, exposing SHO Vinay Tiwari’s nexus with gangster Vikas Dubey and that went viral later.

In the letter, Mishra had sought action against SHO of Chaubeypur police station, Kanpur, Vinay Tiwari. The letter was originally recovered from officer’s suitcase during scrutiny of documents after his death allegedly by his elder daughter Vaishnavi.

Also to recall, soon after the ambush, 68 police constables were shunted to Police Lines from Chaubeypur police station, and subsequently suspended Chaubeypur station house officer (SHO) Vinay Tiwari and a sub-inspector were arrested on charges of fleeing the encounter site in Bikru village wherein eight policemen were trapped and killed by the gangster and his 60 aides. The action came in the wake of evidences emerging that many of the policemen were hand-in-glove with the gangster. Later, DIG STF Anant Deo Tewari was also transferred after a controversial letter of the slain Dy SP surfaced.