Devendra Kumar Mishra was killed together with seven different cops in Uttar Pradesh.
Kanpur:
The Uttar Pradesh police are investigating a letter reportedly written by the officer who led a failed raid on infamous gangster Vikas Dubey on Friday and was killed together with seven different cops. A high officer has requested for a radical inquiry into the letter, which, if discovered and verified, might be damning proof of policemen serving to the legal.
Vikas Dubey, allegedly tipped off in regards to the raid by an insider within the police, is lacking for the reason that bloodbath of cops.
Amid controversy and anger over the letter, broadly circulated on social media, Kanpur’s police chief claimed on Monday night time that it had not been present in police data however a search was on for it.
The letter was reportedly written three months in the past by Devendra Kumar Mishra, the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) who was shot lifeless within the ambush by Vikas Dubey and his males, to his superior – then Kanpur police chief Anant Deo Tiwari.
The officer had complained in it about cops serving to the gangster, particularly Vinay Tiwari, the police officer answerable for the Chaubeypur police station, now suspended.
Mr Mishra had reportedly accused Vinay Tiwari of serving to the legal and shielding him in opposition to any potential police motion. The letter known as for strict motion in opposition to the police officer.
“I am aware that such a letter is viral on social media. The preliminary search was conducted at the DSP’s office and the offices of the Kanpur SSP (Senior Superintendent of Police) dispatch and receiving section. So far there are no records of this letter and we have found no file. But we are looking at it with more details and we will not hesitate to share more details,” mentioned Dinesh Kumar P, Kanpur’s police chief.
Mr Mishra led a group of 50 policemen from three police stations in a raid aimed toward arresting Vikas Dubey in an try to homicide case. The legal is charged in 60 instances together with homicide, kidnapping, extortion and rioting.
When the policemen approached the village earlier than dawn on Friday after clearing roadblocks on the route — together with an earthmover that compelled them to desert their autos — they have been fired upon from rooftops.
Vikas Dubey was allegedly alerted to the raid by policemen and was prepared with an armed gang to assault the police. Four policemen have been suspended on suspicion of hyperlinks with the legal.
Four days after orchestrating the ambush, Vikas Dubey has nonetheless not been arrested by the UP police. On Monday, the bounty on him was raised to Rs 2.5 lakh. So far, there appears to be no info on the place he might be hiding.
A Kanpur police press launch despatched late final night confirmed three extra arrests. One of them is a neighbor of Dubey who allegedly refused to let in cops attempting to flee the indiscriminate firing by the gangster and his males. The different is Dubey’s assist and the third individual to be arrested is a girl who allegedly identified hiding cops to the shooters that morning.
The suspended policemen are from the identical police station, Chaubeypur, and are accused of being in common contact with Dubey. Call data of greater than 100 policemen have been scanned within the final 4 days.
