SHO told lineman to cut off power during Vikas Dubey ambush to shield cops from firing: Kanpur SSP

Chaubeypur Station House Officer (SHO) Vinay Tewari had instantly referred to as the lineman and instructed him to cut off the power provide to Kanpur’s Bikhru village on the intervening night time of Thursday-Friday. A crew of policemen was ambushed during a raid to nab gangster Vikas Dubey ensuing within the deaths of eight policemen and one other 7 struggling accidents.

Kanpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dinesh Kumar has now confirmed that it was certainly SHO Vinay Tewari who had directed the lineman to terminate power provide within the village on the time of the encounter. Chaubeypur SHO Tewari is being thought of because the mole who knowledgeable Dubey in regards to the raid beforehand.

However, SSP Kumar’s assertion that SHO Tewari requested for the power to be cut off to shield the police crew from relentless firing by Dubey’s goons can exonerate the policeman underneath suspicion for betraying the drive.

Dubey’s males have been firing instantly on the police crew as a result of they’d the benefit of sunshine which is why the Chaubeypur SHO referred to as up the lineman and instructed him to cut off the power provide to the village in order that the backup police crew wouldn’t fall prey to gunfire, SSP Dinesh Kumar added.

Kumar’s model of occasions bears similarity to that of Kaushalendra Pratap Singh, SHO of Bithoor police station who was injured during the ambush. On Sunday, Singh who’s present process therapy at a non-public hospital in Kanpur mentioned that gangster Vikas Dubey had already briefed his crew of goons.

“They had made arrangements in such a way that the focus of the light was on us, and not on them. We could not see them,” an ailing Kaushalendra Pratap Singh revealed.

Uttar Pradesh Police has launched a manhunt for Vikas Dubey, the gangster accused in over 60 instances, together with 11 of homicide. New instances have been additionally filed in opposition to him in Lucknow on Sunday in reference to the ambush that claimed the lives of eight police personnel.