Cop who fled encounter site suspended

Lucknow: Station House Officer, Chaubeypur police station, Vinay Tiwari, who fled the encounter site while bodies of cops piled up and others lay bleeding, was suspended on Saturday. Tiwari is also under the scanner for being the mole in the police machinery, who tipped off the gangster, Vikas Dubey, about the impending raid. He was detained and interrogated for several hours by the Special Task Force.
Inspector general of police, Kanpur range, Mohit Agarwal, said, the ambush was planned in a strategic manner and it was the duty of Inspector Tiwari to lead his men and rescue the embattled force,” he said.
When reinforcements arrived, it was Tiwari’s duty to guide the back-up force, which was not acclimatized with the topography, he said. “Casualties would have been less and the gangster would have been hunted down if the local inspector stayed put at ground zero,” said the IG.
Police officials also said, Tiwari would be booked if the probe finds him guilty of tipping off the gangster, Vikas Dubey, or sending messages to gang members. Testimonies of policemen who survived the ambush would help corroborate the sequence of events.