Uttar Pradesh officials deny death reports of gangster Vikas Dubey's father

Uttar Pradesh officials have quashed rumours of gangster Vikas Dubey's father death due to heart attack. Bilhaur CO Santosh Singh termed the reports false. Dubey's father earlier said that his son killed eight police officials and it was an unforgivable sin.The gangster was the main accused in the encounter that took place in Bikru village in Chaubeypur area of Kanpur last week, in which a group of assailants opened fire on a police team, which had gone to arrest him. 

Eight police personnel were killed in the encounter.Vikas Dubey was killed in an encounter on July 10 after police claimed that he tried to escape from the spot in Bhauti area where the vehicle carrying him from Ujjain to Kanpur met with an accident. Vikas Dubey was cremated at Bhairav Ghat in Kanpur. His wife, younger son and brother-in-law were present and no other member of his family attended the last rites. A reward of Rs. 5 lakh was announced on the fugitive gangster. Vikas Dubey was arrested by the police in Ujjain on Thursday morning, after he had come to the city to offer prayers at a temple, where he was identified by a security guard.