SC says that UP government failed to uphold the law in Vikas Dubey’s Encounter.
The Supreme Court grills the Uttar Pradesh Government over the killing of Vikas Dubey, deems it as a clear failure of not holding the law in the state.
On Monday, The Supreme Court of India heard a plea of Kanpur gangster Vikas Dubey’s encounter and reminded the Uttar Pradesh government of its responsibilities of upholding the law in the state. The bench led by CJI S A Bobde said,” It is your duty. We are appalled from the fact that such a person was released on bail despite all he has done. This is a clear failure, we need a clear report on all these orders.”
An ex-Supreme Court judge to be added in the inquiry committee:
The Apex Court recommended the government to add an ex-Supreme Court judge a retired police officer in the inquiry committee set up by the bench to investigate the mysterious encounter. The main court on record acknowledged that it knows the difference between the Hyderabad rape-murder encounter and Vikas Dubey’s killing.
UP govt reworks its panel for probing the Vikas Dubey’s encounter:
On behalf of the Uttar Pradesh government, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta accepted the court’s suggestion and the UP government has reworked the committee to investigate the encounter with adding a former police officer and an ex-Supreme Court judge on its panel. Lawyers Ghanshyam Upadhyay and Anoop Prakash Awasthi filed two petitions seeking a court monitored investigation in the killing of Vikas Dubey and the court was hearing these pleas.
Cannot be termed fake encounter says UP Police:
Meanwhile, the UP police reiterated their stance to the court and said that the Vikas Dubey killing cannot be termed as “Fake Encounter”. As per the police, when the dreaded gangster was being brought to Kanpur from Indore, the police vehicle overturned in a car accident and Dubey tried to escape with police guns. Dubey also continuously kept pelting the bullets towards the injured policemen and eventually was shot in retaliation fire.
