No evidence of wrongdoing, UP Police gets clean chit in Vikas Dubey encounter case
No evidence of wrongdoing, UP Police gets clean chit in Vikas Dubey encounter case
The inquiry commission probing the Vikas Dubey encounter case has given a clean chit to the UP Police and said there was no evidence of wrongdoing against the police, said sources.
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UPDATED: April 21, 2021 09:37 IST
Vikas Dubey was arrested in Madhya Pradesh a week after 8 cops were killed in a gunbattle. (PTI)
The Justice (Retd) BS Chauhan inquiry commission has given a clean chit to UP Police in the encounter killing case of gangster Vikas Dubey and his aides, said sources.
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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Human rights activists argued that even a criminal has the right to represent himself/herself before a court of law to prove his innocence. Human rights activists argued that even a criminal has the right to represent himself/herself before a court of law to argue his innocence. | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The death of the Telangana rape accused and Dubey made national headlines.
Human rights activists argued that even a criminal has the right to represent himself/herself before a court of law