Congress calls Vikas Dubey's arrest 'suspicious', demands CBI probe

Alleging that gangster Vikas Dubey’s “safe exit” from Kanpur and the sequence of events leading to his arrest in Ujjain seemed suspicious, senior Congress leaders in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday (July 9) demanded a high-level probe into it.

One of the Congress leaders said the gangster’s links with politicians and policemen should also be probed.

Taking to Twitter, former MP chief minister Kamal Nath said the gangster’s safe departure from Kanpur, arrival at Ujjain and the manner of arrest gave birth to a lot of suspicion.

“Such a big criminal whom the police are searching for day and night, his safe exit from Kanpur and arrival in Ujjain and later entry into the temple and the way he shouted to get himself arrested gives birth to a lot of suspicion. It hints at some protection and it should be probed,” Nath tweeted.

यूपी के कानपुर के कुख्यात गैंगस्टर , 8 पुलिसकर्मियों की हत्या के आरोपी विकास दुबे के उज्जैन में महाँकाल मंदिर में ख़ुद सरेंडर करने की घटना की उच्चस्तरीय जाँच होना चाहिये।
इसमें किसी बड़ी सियाशी साज़िश की बू आ रही है।
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— Office Of Kamal Nath (@OfficeOfKNath) July 9, 2020

The previous Congress-led state government had acted tough against mafia who left Madhya Pradesh, but after the BJP returned to power, the state has become a safe haven for them, he said.

हमने हमारी सरकार में माफ़ियाओ के ख़िलाफ़ सतत बड़ा अभियान चलाया , जिसके कारण माफिया प्रदेश छोड़कर चले गये और अब भाजपा सरकार आते ही माफिया वापस प्रदेश लौटने लगे है।प्रदेश माफियाओ की सुरक्षित शरणस्थली बनता जा रहा है।
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— Office Of Kamal Nath (@OfficeOfKNath) July 9, 2020

Meanwhile, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe to ascertain the facts about the “grant of protection” to the gangster and targeted the state government over the episode.

“The Uttar Pradesh government has completely failed in acting with alacrity in the ghastly Kanpur massacre. Despite an alert, the gangster reaching Ujjain exposes the chinks in security and points to collusion,” she said in a tweet in Hindi.

कानपुर के जघन्य हत्याकांड में यूपी सरकार को जिस मुस्तैदी से काम करना चाहिए था, वह पूरी तरह फेल साबित हुई।

अलर्ट के बावजूद आरोपी का उज्जैन तक पहुंचना, न सिर्फ सुरक्षा के दावों की पोल खोलता है बल्कि मिलीभगत की ओर इशारा करता है…1/2

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 9, 2020

On the other hand, Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav asked the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday to clarify whether it was a “surrender” or an “arrest”.

“News is coming that the main accused in the Kanpur case is in police custody. If this is true, the government should clarify whether it was a surrender or an arrest. Besides, the CDR (call details record) should be made public so that those hand in glove with him could be exposed,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.

ख़बर आ रही है कि ‘कानपुर-काण्ड’ का मुख्य अपराधी पुलिस की हिरासत में है. अगर ये सच है तो सरकार साफ़ करे कि ये आत्मसमर्पण है या गिरफ़्तारी. साथ ही उसके मोबाइल की CDR सार्वजनिक करे जिससे सच्ची मिलीभगत का भंडाफोड़ हो सके.

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) July 9, 2020

Congresss Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh too demanded an order by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for a judicial probe into Dubey’s arrest. “I demand from Shivrajji a judicial probe into the arrest or surrender of Vikas Dubey. His connections with politicians and policemen should also be probed. During judicial custody, adequate security measures should be taken so that all secrets come out,” Singh said in a tweet.

मैं शिवराज जी से विकास दुबे की गिरफ़्तारी या सरेंडर की न्यायिक जॉंच की मॉंग करता हूँ। इस कुख्यात गेंगस्टर के किस किस नेता व पुलिसकर्मियों से सम्पर्क हैं जॉंच होना चाहिए। विकास दुबे को न्यायिक हिरासत में रखते हुए इसकी पुख़्ता सुरक्षा का ध्यान रखना चाहिए ताकि सारे राज़ सामने आ सकें

— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) July 9, 2020

The senior Congress leader also slammed Chouhan for taking credit for Dubey’s arrest, and said that state Home Minister Narottam Mishra should be credited for that.

This is how the dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey was “arrested” by MP Police for which Shivraj is taking credit. The credit should go to the Pvt Security Agency owned by BJP MP in Rajya Sabha, engaged at Mahakal temple in Ujjain. pic.twitter.com/WLHglXH1wF

— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) July 9, 2020

Dubey was arrested outside the Mahakal temple at Ujjan in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday morning, ending a six-day manhunt for the gangster accused of masterminding a deadly ambush on a police party outside his home at Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

Carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh for information leading to his arrest, Dubey had been on the run since last Friday night when a police party, which had gone to arrest him from his house in Bikru village in the Chaubeypur area of Kanpur, was ambushed.

The group was caught in a hail of gunfire from rooftops, which left eight policemen, including a deputy superintendent, dead.

(With inputs from agencies)