Filmmaker
Hansal Mehta is set to develop and direct a web series based on the life of
recently encountered gangster Vikas Dubey. It will be produced by Shailesh R Singh who has obtained the rights to late gangster’s story and the events that led to his ultimate encounter.

Singh is known for producing films like ‘Tanu Weds Manu’, ‘Shahid’, ‘Aligarh’, ‘Omerta’, ‘Judgemental Hain Kya’ who has

“I have been
following the whole story quite closely through news agencies and other means,
killing of 8 policemen shook the Nation and started the 7 days trail of Vikas
Dubey which finally saw him killed in an encounter. I thought why not tell this
story to the entire nation and bring out some real facts and go to the inner
depth of the great to tell this story. I am overwhelmed to tell this story and
really looking forward to it,” Singh said in a statement.

Hansal Mehta says that “It is an important story, a reflection of our times and our system where politics, crime, and lawmakers form a curious nexus.”

“It is early to discuss approach but it will be approached responsibly and as a fascinating recounting. I see an edgy political thriller emerging out of this, and it will be very interesting to tell this story,” he said

Eight
policemen, including DSP Devendra Mishra, were ambushed in Bikru village in
Chaubeypur area of Kanpur when they were on their way to arrest Dubey and fell
to bullets fired from rooftops shortly after midnight on July 3.

Dubey, who
was carrying a reward of Rs five lakh on information regarding his whereabouts
was arrested in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain on July 9.  He was killed in an
encounter by the Uttar Pradesh police the next day when a police vehicle
carrying him from Ujjain to Kanpur met with an accident and he tried to escape
from the spot, the police told PTI.