Kanpur encounter: The cops who informed Dubey

July 08, 2020 17:21

Former Station Officer of Chaubeypur, Vinay Tiwari (left) and Beat Incharge KK Sharma (right) have been arrested. "They were present during Kanpur encounter but fled the site of incident during the operation," IG Kanpur Range Mohit Agarwal said.

"As per evidence, it has been found that the two police personnel Vinay Tiwari & KK Sharma had informed Vikas Dubey about the raid beforehand. So, he was on alert and planned to attack police which resulted in the death of 8 policemen," SSP Kanpur Dinesh Prabhu.

All 68 personnel of the Chaubeypur police station were shunted to the reserve police lines on Tuesday amid doubts over their professional integrity.

The announcement was made soon after the police transferred DIG, STF Anand Deo, who until recently was the senior superintendent of police in Kanpur.

Deo was transferred to the Provincial Armed Police unit in Moradabad.

Deo was the Kanpur SSP in March when Deputy Superintendent of Police Devendra Mishra purportedly wrote a damning letter, which surfaced on the social media after he was killed in the Bikru ambush.

The unverified letter to the then Kanpur SSP alleged that Chaubeypur station officer Vinay Tiwari had watered down an FIR lodged against Vikas Dubey.

It suggested that Tiwari and Dubey were close. However, the police said there is no record of the purported letter, which was not dated and carried no serial number.

Deo said the signature in the letter does not match that of the slain officer.

The police, however, said they will still investigate the letter. Lucknow Range IG Lakshmi Singh is probing the matter. She is likely to submit the report by the evening.

The police have named 21 people in the FIR registered after the attack.

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