Bikru carnage brain hid in guise of sadhu at Chitrakoot temple, nabbed

Kanpur: The brain behind the Bikru ambush and a distant cousin of slain gangster Vikas Dubey was arrested on Tuesday by Special Task Force (STF) from Kamtanath temple in Chitrakoot district bordering Madhya Pradesh. STF personnel blew the cover of the don's aide, Bal Govind Dubey, who was hiding in the guise of a saffron-robed hermit at the pilgrimage site since July.
During interrogation, Bal Govind confessed to hurling country-made bombs from rooftops and firing at the police team on the night of July 3.
He also told cops that the genesis of the Bikru carnage was an FIR lodged by the main complainant, Rahul Tiwari, who had a running property feud with his son-in-law, Vineet. And it was this FIR that triggered the police raid on Bikru with he and Dubey engineering the ambush that killed eight policemen.
Speaking to TOI, an STF officer said, “Bal Govind Dubey was nabbed from Kamtanath temple parikrama crossing in Karwi Kotwali area of Chitrakoot district and during questioning he confessed that he and his son-in-law were the cause of the Bikru bloodbath.” Besides a raging dispute over property, Bal Govind was at daggers drawn with Rahul after he allegedly eloped with his son-in-law’s sister in April this year. Also, he told police Rahul had illegally sold off Vineet’s buffalo and a separate case was then lodged at Chaubeypur police station.
Cops had detained Rahul and taken him to Bal Govind’s house for questioning during which Vikas Dubey and his five lieutenants were present. “Vikas had then snatched the cell phone of the now jailed Chaubeypur station officer, Vinay Tiwari, and thrashed Rahul. Cops had hurriedly whisked away Rahul to the police station,” said a STF officer.
“On the night of ambush, Vikas had sent his aide, Prabhat Mishra, to my house and asked me to gear up for the big fight. At least 60 armed men had gathered at the don’s residence and many were positioned on rooftops. Vikas told me that police were coming following an FIR by Rahul Tiwari,” Bal Govind told interrogators.
An arms conduit, Gopal Saini, had supplied country-made bombs and Dubey told Bal Govind to bomb the police team when it enters the village, STF sources said.