Ujjain / Lucknow / Delhi:
The arrest of notorious gangster Vikas Dubey this morning led to several questions, including where he was hiding all this time and how he ended up in a temple in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh five days after the murder of eight cops in the Uttar Pradesh.
Vikas Dubey arrived at the famous Mahakal temple this morning and was spotted as he was apparently trying to enter through the back door after buying prayer offerings from a store.
When he got out, he was confronted by security guards, who transported him to the police after a fight. Finally, he shouted, “Main Vikas Dubey hoon, Kanpurwala (I’m Vikas Dubey from Kanpur) “.
The criminal allegedly traveled 700 km by road from Faridabad in Haryana through Kota from Rajasthan to Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh.
“We had caught many of his associates and a few were killed. So he was definitely trying to save his life,” said Mohit Aggarwal, inspector general of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, when asked how he had been taken to Ujjain, far from the place where he was searched.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was among those who wondered how he had been able to travel so far without getting caught.
“After the brutal massacre in Kanpur, the UP government failed to work with the speed it should have. The way the defendants reached Ujjain despite an alert not only reveals false security statements, but also indicates a link, “Priyanka Gandhi tweeted.
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav said the UP’s Yogi Adityanath government should clarify whether Vikas Dubey surrendered or was arrested.
“There is news that the main accused in the Kanpur case is in police custody. If this is true, the government should clarify whether it was a surrender or an arrest. appeals should be made public so that those who have colluded with him are exposed. “, the former chief minister tweeted.
“We couldn’t stop Vikas Dubey and he went to Ujjain. We couldn’t stop him even after such a huge incident and he continued to travel. This should be investigated. investigation, “tweeted Amitabh Thakur, an Indian police officer (IPS) based in Uttar Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh Interior Minister Narottam Mishra said Vikas Dubey had been arrested but did not surrender. “He entered Madhya Pradesh via Kota Rajasthan in a car with two assistants, Bittu and Suresh. He used a fake ID card with the surname” Paul “,” he said.