Vikas escaped through secret foot over-bridge over Pandu

Kanpur: Gangster Vikas Dubey had used the ‘secret foot over-bridge’ he got constructed over Pandu river that divides Kanpur Nagar from Kanpur Dehat to make good his escape and reach Shivli and further to Hamirpur and then to Ujjain via Faridabad.
It was alleged that the criminal had used the fund released against the RCC road for getting the secret foot over-bridge constructed over Pandu river.Villagers said that the gangster is known to have constructed several hideouts, including a bunker and escape routes in the house in Bikru village that was demolished by police soon after the killings of eight policemen.
“There were several secret exit doors, besides a bunker which he uses to evade arrest whenever police swoop down on him,” said a villager preferring anonymity.
It has long been part of crime folklore that it’s almost impossible to arrest Vikas from his fortress-like residence in Bikru village. “On many occasions, cops have not been able to arrest him from his house. Every time the police tried to nab him up from there, he got wind of it and escaped, using secret doors that have been specially built for the purpose,” said a village elderly.
He further told that Vikas had used more than Rs 12 lakh from his wife’s Richa, who is a member of district panchayat, official fund.
A police official said, “The are some escape routes behind his house including the secret foot over-bridge that directly lead as far as Kanpur Dehat.”
After the murder of cabinet minister Santosh Shukla in 2001 when the cops went to Bikru village to arrest Vikas, they could not find him. Later, Vikas was even acquitted in the case — much to the embarrassment of the entire police team that was present at the time of murder.
Not only is Vikas known to have a strong information network, his loyalists even block the path of the cops. Like on the day of the encounter, policemen’s path was obstructed by placing a JCB by his aides. “Even this time, while we were busy conducting checking drive at various approach roads connecting his village, they all had escaped through rear side of the house via the secret bridge,” said Inspector Billhaur Santosh Awasthi.