Criminal has gone, but what about those protecting him: Priyanka on Vikas Dubey's encounter killing

NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday took a swipe at the UP government over the encounter killing of

gangster Vikas Dubey

, saying while the criminal has gone, what about those protecting him.


Dubey was killed by the cops after he was trying to escape soon after a police vehicle carrying him overturned on their way back to Kanpur.

Four policemen, including an inspector posted in Nawabganj, were injured in the accident, IG, Kanpur Range, Mohit Agarwal said.

In a tweet in Hindi, the Congress leader said, "The criminal has gone, but what about the crime and those protecting him.


Dubey, the prime accused in the Kanpur massacre of cops, was arrested from Ujjain in

Madhya Pradesh

on Thursday morning.

Gandhi had earlier demanded a CBI probe to ascertain the facts about the "grant of protection" to Dubey.

The Congress general secretary had also accused the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh of "complete failure" in handling the

Kanpur ambush case

in which eight policemen were killed.

She had alleged that the chain of events in the case exposed the chinks in security and hinted at collusion.