Kanpur: Police arrest Daya Shankar Agnihotri, gangster Vikas Dubey's accomplice in encounter

KANPUR: In a major breakthrough, the police have arrested Daya Shankar Agnihotri, an accomplice of Gangster Vikas Dubey, who killed eight policemen in Kanpur's Bikru village, in an encounter in Kalyanpur area of the city during the wee hours of Sunday. A country-made pistol with bullets has been recovered from his possession.
The incident occurred at around 4.30am, when police following a tip-off of movement of criminal laid a trap in Kalyanpur area.
"When police tried to chase Daya Shankar, who was on the bike, the accused tried to flee and started firing at the police team. In the gun battle, he sustained bullet injury on his leg, and was later arrested," said SP West Anil Kumar.
Senior superintendent of police (SSP), Dinesh Kumar Prabhu, had announced a reward of Rs 25,000 each on the 18 aides of Dubey named in the first information report (FIR) including Daya Shankar, lodged in connection with the killing of the policemen.
Others in the list are Shyamu Bajpai, Chotu Shukla, Monu, Jahan Yadav, Shashi Kant Pandit, Shiv Tewari, Vishnu Pal Yadav, Ram Singh, Ramu Bajpai, Amar Dubey, Prabhat Mishra, Gopal Saini, Viru Dubey, Bauan Shukla, Shivam Dubey, Bal Govind and Baua Dubey.
The announcements about the reward came even as about 25 police teams are hunting for Dubey, who is facing 60 criminal cases.
To recall, the police have also increased the prize money for the arrest of Vikas Dubey.
Jai Narain Singh, the additional director general of police (ADGP) of Kanpur Zone, said the police have increased the prize money from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh on Vikas Dubey’s arrest, who is on the run since Thursday midnight after the killing of the policemen in Bikru village.