Vikas Dubey

rdf:langString Vikas Dubey

rdf:langString Vikas Dubey

rdf:langString Vikas Dubey

rdf:langString Sachendi, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

rdf:langString Bikroo village, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

rdf:langString Vikas Pandit

rdf:langString Vikas Dubey (December 26, 1964 – July 10, 2020) was an Indian criminal, history-sheeter, crime boss, and a gangster-turned-politician. He was based out of Kanpur Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He was commonly known as "Vikas Pandit", naming himself after the titular character of the 1999 film Arjun Pandit. He was also alternatively referred to as "Pandit Ji". Prosecutors began the first criminal case against him in the early 1990s, and by 2020, Dubey had over 60 criminal cases filed against him. He was connected to the murder of a minister of state, and in another incident, was the main accused in killing eight policemen during an attempted arrest. Uttar Pradesh Police declared him an absconder with a bounty of ₹5 lakhs on him, and he was arrested on July 9, 2020, in Ujjain. He was killed on July 10, 2020, in an encounter, after the police vehicle carrying him met with an accident. Media reports state that because of his political connections, Dubey had been acquitted for most of his murders, despite the presence of multiple witnesses at the scenes. Following his death, a judicial commission led by a retired Supreme Court judge, B. S. Chauhan, was initiated to probe Dubey's death and how he managed bail, among other things.

rdf:langString Murder, robbery, kidnapping, illegal land acquisition, criminal intimidation