Eight police personnel, including a deputy superintendent of police and three sub-inspectors, died during an encounter with criminals during a raid in Uttar Pradesh.The firing took place in Bikru village under Chaubepur police station area of Kanpur district when police went there to search for a criminal, the senior official said. A case of attempt to murder had been filed by a man, Rahul Tiwari, against Vikas Dubey.
Teams from three police stations had gone to the village in search of a wanted criminal Dubey who was wanted in 60 cases. The intention was to arrest him but there was an ambush. The firing by criminals was from three sides and it was totally planned," said Dinesh Kumar, Kanpur's police chief.According to a statement by UP Director General of Police (DGP) HC Awasthi, Vikas Dubey and other men had put up road blocks on the routes that lead to the village. Once the cops removed them and managed to get to the village, they were fired at from rooftops by shooters who were apparently waiting for them.
Deputy superintendent of police Devendra Mishra, sub-inspectors Mahesh Yadav, who was the station officer of Shivrajpur, Anup Kumar, Babulal and constables Sultan Singh, Rahul, Jitendra and Babloo died in the firing. Prashant Kumar, the additional director general of police (law and order), is on the way to the spot and Dinesh Kumar P, Kanpur’s superintendent of police (SSP), and Mohit Agarwal, the inspector general of Kanpur range, are already on the spot. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has paid his tributes to the eight police personnel who died on duty and asked the director general of police (DGP) to take toughest of action against those who were responsible for the firing.