Gangster Vikas Dubey was arrested on Thursday.
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh):
Gangster Vikas Dubey, the main accused in the Kanpur meeting, was arrested on suspicion Thursday when security guards at Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain asked him to remove his mask, a senior official said. a private security company.
Rituraj Sinha, group general manager at SIS Group Enterprises, which performs security tasks at the temple complex, said that Vikas Dubey had been asked to remove the mask he was wearing.
“It was when we asked him to remove his mask that we began to suspect that he was not a good man. He even tried to move backwards, but he did not couldn’t do it because there were other devotees behind him. “, Sinha told ANI.
“As soon as the mask was removed, Lakhan Yadav – the suspicious security guard – recognized Vikas and asked him who he was,” he added.
Vikas Dubey shouted, “I am Vikas Dubey, Kanpur”.
“He was arrested by Yadav and his supervisor Mohit and the rapid response team was alerted. Four other security personnel were on the scene. Immediately, the police station at the temple premises was informed,” he added.
Lakhan Yadav, the security guard who recognized Vikas Dubey
Vikas Dubey was then taken to the police station.
Rituraj Sinha said that guard Lakhan Yadav played a big role in helping to arrest the accused.
Vikas Dubey is the main accused in the meeting which took place in Kanpur last week, during which a group of attackers opened fire on a team of police officers, who had gone to arrest him. Eight police officers were killed during the meeting.
Earlier in the day, close associates of the main accused Bahua Dubey and Prabhat Mishra were killed in separate meetings in Etawah and Kanpur respectively.
