Kanpur: The police has suspended SO Vinay Tiwari of Chaubepur in the Kanpur encounter case. UP STF is questioning Vinay Tiwari. SO Vinay Tiwari is suspected of informing. In another development, Kanpur authorities razed the house of Vikas Dubey in Bithoor’s Dikru village today. This comes almost 36 hours after 8 police personnel were gunned down by criminals belonging to Vikas Dubey gang during an attempt to arrest him.
Inspector-General of Police, Kanpur, Mohit Agarwal today confirmed that Vinay Tiwari has been suspended from the duty over suspicion on tipping off the gangster about the police raid. Agarwal said that if required, a case will also be filed against him.
Numbers of some policemen have also been revealed in the call detail of Vikas Dubey’s phone. Who spoke to Vikas Dubey within the last 24 hours. On the basis of this suspicion, the police has suspended Vinay Tiwari, SO of Choubepur. On the basis of the call detail, the police is also interrogating a inspector, a constable and a home guard in this case.
Bikaru village, where the raids take place, falls in the Chaubepur police station area. When the police team was going there to arrest History Sheeter Vikas Dubey, SO Choubepur Vinay Tiwari left behind JCB. Which was set up to stop the police some distance from Vikas Dubey’s house. While this was his police station area, beat constables stationed in the area report to him. He also knew more about the geographical location of the village. Even after that he did not proceed. In this case, STF officers are constantly questioning SO Chaubepur.
He added that a cash reward of Rs 50,000 has been announced for providing information about Dubey and the identity of the information provider will be kept secret.
