The COVID-positive constable was injured within the encounter through which Vikas Dubey was gunned down.
Kanpur:
An Uttar Pradesh Police constable, who was within the car that was transporting dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey from Ujjain, has examined constructive for COVID-19, an official mentioned on Sunday.
“The report came in late on Saturday. The cop has now been admitted to an isolation ward,” Ganesh Shankar Vidhyarthi Medical College principal Dr RB Kamal mentioned.
He mentioned 4 different police personnel who had been additionally within the car have examined detrimental.
Gangster Vikas Dubey was killed Friday morning by UP police close to Kanpur throughout his transit from Ujjain allegedly after he tried to flee from the spot following an accident of the car carrying him. The four-wheeler had toppled on the street which was slippery after the rains, police claimed.
The COVID-positive constable was injured within the encounter through which Vikas Dubey was gunned down.
Contact-tracing of the constable is underway, RB Kamal mentioned.