Bikru ambush: 23 get 10-year jail over killing of cops by Vikas Dubey gang
Hindustan TimesA special court in Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday awarded 23 people 10 years of imprisonment in connection with the killing of eight policemen in an ambush by deceased gangster Vikas Dubey’s aides in 2020. A day later, he was killed in a purported police encounter According to special director general of police Prashant Kumar, seven remaining accused in the case were acquitted by the special Gangster Act court. Following the July 3 incident, two of Dubey’s associates – Prem Prakash Pandey and Atul Dubey – were killed in an encounter in Kanpur, according to the police. The following day, Kartikeya alias Prabhat and Bauwa Dubey alias Praveen were killed in separate encounters in Kanpur and Etawah districts, respectively, the police said.