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Eight
policemen were killed in an ambush in Kanpur when they had gone to arrest
notorious criminal Vikas Dubey. The criminal continues to be on the run.
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New Delhi(Agencies): Uttarakhand
DG (Law and Order) Ashok Kumar, drawing lessons from the failed police raid in
Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, advised his men on Tuesday to carry out a proper threat
assessment before conducting counter raids on criminals.
Eight policemen were killed in
an ambush in Kanpur when they had gone to arrest notorious criminal Vikas
Dubey. The criminal continues to be on the run.
“We’ve directed all police authorities in the
State to assess the level of criminals before conducting raids, gather
information about them and plan accordingly,” Uttarakhand DG (Law and Order)
Ashok Kumar was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
The officer said authorities
have been told to raid only after taking everything into account.
“If the criminal is of a very high level then
we can call commandos for assistance,” he added.
Fifty dedicated teams and over
3,000 police personnel across UP have been deployed in a massive manhunt to nab
history-sheeter Vikas Dubey. The police have also raised the bounty on his head
to Rs 2.5 lakh from the initial Rs 50,000.
According to local police
officials who did not want to be named, the UP police team came under attack
from three sides when it had gone to arrest the criminal from his village in
Kanpur. Taken by surprise, as they ran for cover, criminals on the ground
accosted them and snatched their weapons, they said.
By the time a wounded
policeman escaped the site and raised an alarm, the criminals — believed to be
around 20 in number — escaped.
The autopsy report said that
the policemen were killed by their own weapons.
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