Station Officer Vinay Tiwari who tipped Vikas Dubey about encounter suspended

The Uttar Pradesh Police on on Saturday (July 4) suspended Station Officer at Chaubepur Police station Vinay Tiwari over suspicion of giving tip-off to notorious gangster Vikas Dubey on Kanpur raid. Inspector-General of Police, Kanpur, Mohit Agarwal today confirmed that Vinay Tiwari has been suspended from the duty over suspicion on tipping off the gangster about the police raid. Agarwal said that if required, a case will also be filed against him.  Tiwari was questioned by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday evening, about his role in the encounter According to a report, Tiwari had in the past refused to register a victim's complaint against Vikas Dubey

Meanwhile, Kanpur authorities razed the house of Vikas Dubey in Bithoor's Dikru village today. This comes almost 36 hours after 8 police personnel were gunned down by criminals belonging to Vikas Dubey gang during an attempt to arrest him. A cash reward of Rs 50,000 has been announced for providing information about Dubey. Meanwhile, Police officials said surveillance team was scanning over 500 mobile phones and efforts were on to retrieve information pertaining to Dubey, who has faced about 60 criminal cases. At least 100 teams of police have been deployed in the area and are conducting raid to nab the criminals.