NSA to be invoked against Bikru accused

Kanpur:Police will invoke provisions of the National Security Act (NSA) against the accused in the Bikru incident, which claimed the lives of eight policemen and left several others injured.
“Six persons including gangster Vikas Dubey, his nephew Amar Dubey, maternal uncle Prem Prakash Pandey, his other aides Atul Dubey, Bauwa Dubey and Prabhat Mishra were killed in encounter with police.Besides, we have till date sent five other accused to jail. A total of 14 others are still absconding and non-bailable warrants has been issued against them. We are now in the process of moving papers to the district authorities for slapping NSA against the five arrested accused, also, the property of all the absconding aides of Vikas will be attached once the formality in this regard will be over,” said SSP Preetinder Singh.
He added, “For illegal encroachment on land by the accused, police have decided to also book them under Gangster Act and seek the help of district revenue officials as several complaints have surfaced against them in this regard after the Bikru incident.”
The SSP further said the police had also put up posters with the names and photographs of 14 aides of the gangster, they have been declared proclaimed absconders.
The police have put up the posters at all major junctions in the city as well as in neighbouring Kanpur Dehat district. We have provided the contact number of the Police, the SSP added.
“Not only the person who will help police in zeroing on the absconders will be rewarded, but his/her name will also be kept secret. There are total 14 absconders in the posters, put up at various crossings, tehsil office, railway stations and bus stations. We have also put a cross mark on the photos of the accused including gangster Vikas Dubey and his right hand Amar Dubey, who were killed in encounter,” the SSP told TOI.
To recall, eight police personnel, including a Circle Officer Billhaur Devendra Kumar Mishra and three sub-inspectors, were shot dead while their five other colleagues, besides a civilian, injured in an encounter with gangster Vikas Dubey and his aides in Bikru village in Chaubeypur police area of the district on July 2 & 3 night.
The incident took place in Bikru village when a police team headed by CO Billhaur went there to search for Dubey, wanted in a case of attempt to murder, the police said.
Dubey, had over 60 cases registered against him, including a murder charge for the killing of Santosh Shukla, a former state (Uttar Pradesh) minister in the Rajnath Singh government, inside Shivli police station in 2001.