Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government has increased the reward on gangster Vikas Dubey to Rs 5 lakh.
The state government has been increasing the reward on the gangster who is responsible for the killing of eight policemen in Kanpur on July 3, from the initial Rs 50,000 to Rs one lakh which was then increased to Rs 2.5 lakhs and now Rs 5 lakh.
Vikas Dubey has not been arrested even though it is now five days since the incident took place.
More than 60 police teams are searching for the gangster and several of his hideouts have been raided.
His aides have also been arrested from Faridabad in Haryana where the gangster was reportedly present on Tuesday.
The Uttar Pradesh police continues with its frantic search for Vikas Dubey even as it steadily eliminates associates of the dreaded gangster.
The Special Task Force (STF) shot dead Amar Dubey in an encounter in Maudaha on Wednesday morning.
Amar, a right hand man of gangster Vikas Dubey, who shot dead eight police personnel on Friday last, figured prominently in the list of wanted persons released by the Kanpur police on Tuesday.
He was a named accused in the massacre.
According to STF sources, the police team had received a tip off about Amar’s presence in the district and when they tried to close in on him, the criminal opened fire on them, He was killed in retaliatory firing around 6.30.a.m.
Amar was reportedly heading towards the house of one of his relatives in Maudaha area.
“We asked him to surrender but he opened fire at us and was killed when we returned the fire,” said an STF official.
