Summary:
The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated that it may order a judicial probe into the killings of gangster Vikas Dubey and his associates as it issued a notice seeking Uttar Pradesh government’s response to a bunch of petitions demanding an independent investigation into them.
The Uttar police claimed Dubey was killed on Friday when he tried to flee after a car bringing him from Madhya Pradesh, where he was arrested for his alleged involvement in the July 3 killing of eight policemen in Kanpur, overturned.
Politicians, former police officers, and rights groups have demanded a probe into the killing, saying the police version of what happened did not add up.
Five people linked to Dubey were killed between July 3 and July 9.
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated that it may order a judicial probe into the killings of gangster Vikas Dubey and his associates as it issued a notice seeking Uttar Pradesh government’s response to a bunch of petitions demanding an independent investigation into them.
The Uttar police claimed Dubey was killed on Friday when he tried to flee after a car bringing him from Madhya Pradesh, where he was arrested for his alleged involvement in the July 3 killing of eight policemen in Kanpur, overturned.
Politicians, former police officers, and rights groups have demanded a probe into the killing, saying the police version of what happened did not add up.
Five people linked to Dubey were killed between July 3 and July 9.
“This is something which this court will do reluctantly.
But since we have done it in the other case pertaining to Telangana, we will do something similar here,” said chief justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde as a three-judge bench he heads began hearing three petitions seeking a probe into Dubey’s killing.
“Monitoring [of the probe] is something we cannot do as finally the appeal arising out of this case has to come to this court.”
The court posted the matter for hearing next on Monday when the Uttar Pradesh government has to file its response.