Vikas Dubey: wanted in killing of 8 UP cops, arrested from a temple in Ujjain | Oneindia News
Vikas Dubey: wanted in killing of 8 UP cops, arrested from a temple in Ujjain | Oneindia News

Uttar Pradesh gangster Vikas Dubey, accused of killing eight policemen last week, arrested from a temple in Madhya Pradesh after a nearly week-long chase involving the police across three states.

Vikas Dubey was caught in Ujjain around the same time two of his aides were killed in separate encounters in UP.

His closest aide, Aman Dubey, was killed yesterday.

CCTV footage showed Vikas Dubey, in a mask, being taken away by half a dozen cops.

Vikas Dubey was spotted at Mahakal temple around 8 am, according to the police.

He was buying prayer offerings to take inside the temple when the shopkeeper recognized him and reportedly alerted security guards.

When he emerged from the temple, the guards questioned him.

He first produced a fake ID card of a much younger man.

When prodded further, he hit out at the guards, who dragged him to the police station.

Eight policemen were killed on Friday when they went in a large team to Bikru village in Chaubeypur area of Kanpur to arrest Vikas Dubey.