It was in the morning 10 minutes before the encounter of Vikas Dubey that the police stopped the media vans on the pretext of security checking.
As per the police, Dubey saw the opportunity, he snatched a pistol from police and ran away. Police tried to stop him but he refused and in the crossfire, bullets hit him on his chest and his waist. He was taken to a nearby police station where he was declared dead.
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It is almost a script of Bollywood film including the predictability of the plot. Yesterday, when he was nabbed many had speculated that he had, in fact, planned his surrender. He went to the Ujjain Mahakal temple, he took the 250 rs VIP pass, took darshan inside the temple, roamed in the premises for 2 hours before shouting that he is Vikas Dubey of Kanpur. As per some reports, he himself told the security guard to alert the police that he wants to surrender. This was done to avoid encounter at the hands of police.
But the sequence of events does raise questions on the police’s handling of the case.
2. Since it was a high profile case several media vans were following the UP STF Car. It was in the morning 10 minutes before the encounter that the police stopped the media vans on the pretext of security checking. 10 minutes later the media came to know that the car was met with an accident and Dubey was killed in an encounter. Why were media persons stopped? Was it really a security check or an attempt to hide what was really going to happen to Vikas Dubey from the lenses of media?
In the 10 minutes after the media was stopped, was Vikas Dubey shifted from Tata safari to Mahindra TUV 300? If so what was the need? Or is it just a cover-up job?
4. A few days ago when he was spotted in Faridabad and even when he was spotted at the Mahakal temple, it could be seen that he was limping. How could the limping person run away from the accident site to the site of encounter which is at least 150 KMs away? Couldn’t the police catch him?
5. As per the Protocol, in case of dreaded gangsters, the police who are travelling with him need to tie their weapons. Why wasn’t it done? Moreover, why did the police not take transit remand?
6. The bullets were shot at his chest and waist. as per protocol why wasn’t he shot on the leg if the situation required so?
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