UP police get clean chit in Vikas Dubey encounter case Three-member commission probing incident cites lack of evidence
The three-member inquiry commission probing the encounter killings of gangster Vikas Dubey and five of his alleged associates has given a clean chit to Uttar Pradesh Police because of lack of evidence, sources said on Wednesday.
The commission is headed by former Supreme Court judge B S Chauhan. The other two members are former Allahabad High Court judge Sashi Kant Agrawal and former UP Director General of Police K L Gupta.
The panel submitted its report to the state government on Monday, eight months after it was set up.
Vikas Dubey: Inquiry Panel Says No Evidence of Wrongdoing by UP Police
The report says there is no material evidence to challenge the police s version of the encounter but there is sufficient material to support it.
Vikas Dubey after his arrest. Photo: Handout by Madhya Pradesh police
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New Delhi: The three-member commission inquiring into the Uttar Pradesh police’s killing of gangster Vikas Dubey said there is no evidence to suggest that the encounter was staged, lamenting that witnesses did not come forward to challenge the police claim.
The commission is headed by former Supreme Court judge B.S. Chauhan and has as its members former Allahabad high court judge Sashi Kant Agrawal and former UP director general of police K.L. Gupta.
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