Clean chit issued to UP Police in Vikas Dubey Encounter

Aryan Grover

An inquiry commission that was set up after Vikas Dubey’s encounter has stated in its report, “There is no evidence against the Uttar Pradesh police in the killing of gangster Vikas Dubey after his arrest last year.”

Blaming the public, the media, and the criminal’s family for not coming forward with proof, the commission has issued a clean chit to the UP Police.

The encounter took place in July 2020, days after the gangster set up an ambush which resulted in the killing of eight policemen. Vikas Dubey was being brought back to UP in a police convoy when he was shot dead, along with his five associates.

The police stated the car in which Dubey was travelling had flipped, after which he snatched a policeman’s gun, and attempted to escape.

A judicial panel had been set up by the Supreme Court after petitions had asked for an investigation into the encounter, alleging that the entire encounter had been a set-up by the police.

This three-member panel stated in its report to the UP government and the Supreme Court that there is no “material evidence” to rebut the police’s version of the story but “sufficient material” to support it.

The panel stated, “The non-participation by citizenry and media defeated the purpose of establishing the Inquiry Commission.”

Other sources said, “We did our best to collect evidence, asking the public and media to give their version. The media carried so many stories against the UP police but none gave any evidence. Neither did Vikas Dubey’s wife or family members come forward with any evidence against the police despite best efforts by the panel.”

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