Accident caused by cattle: STF reveal chain of events leading to Dubey's killing

Lucknow: The UP STF has detailed the chain of events which eventually ended with the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey.

In a press note the STF has claimed that a herd of cows and buffaloes suddenly appeared before the vehicle that was bringing gangster Vikas Dubey to Kanpur and this caused the accident, following which he tried to escape but was shot dead. Inspector Ramakant Pachauri, Sub Inspectors Pankaj Singh, and Anup Singh, constables Satyavir and Pradeep Kumar received serious injuries in this accident.

“The herd of cattle suddenly came in front of the vehicle. The driver took a sudden turn to avoid hitting the animals and this caused the vehicle to topple.

Taking advantage of the situation, Vikas Dubey snatched Ramakant Pachauri’s pistol, got out of the vehicle and tried to run The second vehicle coming from behind and STF DSP Tej Pratap Singh and other STF personnel stopped and were told that Dubey had run away with the firearm. They chased the gangster and he started firing at them. The STF personnel tried to catch him alive but had to fire in self-defence,” the statement read.

As per the STF, the gangster was immediately rushed to the government hospital where he was declared dead. Policemen Shivendra Singh Sengar and Vimal Yadav, who suffered injuries after Dubey opened fire at them, are being treated, the press note says.

The STF officials refused to respond to questions like if Dubey was shot dead in wet mud, why were there no marks of mud on his clothes.

Moreover, as Dubey had a rod in his one leg which made him walk with a limp so how could he run so fast from the site of the accident, it was asked.

The STF also has no answer to the fact that vehicles of media persons were stopped 500 metres away from the site of the encounter even before the alleged accident took place.