The three-member inquiry fee probing the encounter killings of gangster Vikas Dubey and 5 of his alleged associates has given a clear chit to Uttar Pradesh Police due to lack of proof, sources mentioned on Wednesday.
The fee is headed by former Supreme Court choose B S Chauhan. The different two members are former Allahabad High Court choose Sashi Kant Agrawal and former UP Director General of Police Ok L Gupta.
The panel submitted its reported to the state authorities on Monday, eight months after it was arrange.
“Yes the commission has submitted its report to the state government on Monday. A copy of the report will be submitted in the Supreme court also,” Gupta advised PTI.
He, nonetheless, didn’t elaborate on the contents of the report.
Asked about it, Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Awanish Kumar Awasthi mentioned, “I would not like to comment on it.”
According to the sources, the inquiry fee has discovered no proof of wrongdoing by the state police.
Speaking to PTI, a senior police official mentioned, “No witnesses came forward to challenge the police claims even after advertisements in newspapers and media. Also, no one from the media came forward to get their versions recorded.”
There have been, nonetheless, witnesses supporting the police model, he added.
On July 3 final yr, eight policemen have been killed in an ambush in Bikru village in Chaubeypur space of Kanpur after they have been going to arrest Vikas Dubey.
Police later killed Prem Prakash Pandey (55) and Atul Dubey (35) in an encounter in Kanpur on July 3.
On July 8, Amar Dubey (30), who carried a reward of Rs 50,000 on him, was killed in an encounter in Maudaha village in Hamirpur district.
On July 9, Praveen Dubey, alias Bauwa (48), and Prabhat, alias Kartikeya (28), have been killed in separate encounters in Etawah and Kanpur districts.
Six PILs have been filed within the Supreme Court after this to hunt a court-monitored probe into the encounter killings.
The apex court docket had then on July 22, 2020 permitted the Uttar Pradesh authorities’s resolution to institute the inquiry fee.
