Rifles recovered from Dubey’s home

Rifles recovered from Dubey’s home 

‘The weapons were snatched from police team during the raid on July 2­3’

The Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday said they had recovered two weapons — an AK­47 and an INSAS rifle — that were allegedly snatched from a police team in Bikru village of Kanpur during the raid on gangster Vikas Dubey’s house on July 2­3. Additional Director­General of Police, Law and Order, Prashant Kumar said in Kanpur that the “looted” weapons were found after the arrest of accused Sashikant Pandey, who had a bounty of ₹50,000 on him. The AK­47 rifle was found in the house of Dubey, while the INSAS was recovered from Sashikant’s residence, he said. Seventeen cartridges of AK­47 and 20 of the INSAS rifle were also recovered, he added. The exact spots where the weapons were hidden were not revealed by the police. The administration had partially demolished the house of Dubey after the kill

ing of eight policemen and stationed the Provincial Armed Constabulary at the site.  Sashikant, who lived adjacent to Dubey’s house, was arrested from an intersection in Chaubeypur around 2.30 a.m. after a tip­off, said

Mr. Kumar. During questioning, Mr. Kumar claimed Sashikant spoke of his involvement in the incident. With Sashikant’s arrest, 11 are still absconding. Six accused, including Dubey, were shot dead. Last week in Bikru village, Sashikant’s family told The Hindu that on the night of the incident, he came home after work from a detergent factory where he is employed but fled with his father, Prem Kumar Pandey, after the firing started.  His wife, Manu Pandey, claimed that he had no role in the violence.  Prem Kumar Pandey was shot dead a few hours after the Bikru shootout, in which eight policemen were killed.