The main aide of notorious gangster Vikas Dubey involved in the attack in which eight police personnel were killed was arrested in a pre-dawn encounter in Kanpur, a senior police official said on Sunday.
The aide, Dayashankar Agnihotri, was injured in his leg in retaliatory firing by police after he tried to attack them and flee, the official said, adding that no police personnel was hurt.
In addition, data recovered from Vikas Dubey’s mobile phone listed the names of 20 police officers. There was evidence of constant contact with at least two cops, including one from the Chaubeypur Police Station; the village of Bikru, where the encounter took place, lies in its jurisdiction.
“He (Vikas Dubey) received a phone call from the police station before police came to arrest him. Following this, he called around 25-30 people (and they) fired bullets on police,” Agnihotri, who was arrested earlier today after a gunfight in the Kalyanpur area, told cops.
Agnihotri who was accused in the firing incident on the policemen, was carrying a cash reward of Rs 25,000.
Agnihotri was admitted to the Lala Lajpat Rai (LLR) hospital and police recovered a country-made pistol and two cartridges from his possession, said Superintendent of Police (west) Anil Kumar.
