The Kanpur encounter case has further intensified, as two men from history-sheeter Vikas Dubey’s gang – Kartikeya and Bahua Dubey succumbed to bullet injuries on Thursday morning .

Kartikeya alias Prabhat Mishra died, after being shot at for fleeing from police custody. As per Uttar Pradesh ADG
Prashant Kumar, he had tried to flee while being brought to
Kanpur from Faridabad on transit remand.

As per the police, “Kartikeya snatched policeman’s pistol, opened fire at STF personnel, injuring two of them.”

Speaking on the incident, SSP Etawah Akash Tomar said, “Bahua Dubey, was present with Vikas Dubey during Kanpur encounter”. The police have recovered arms from him.

The Uttar Pradesh police have accelerated their hunt
for history-sheeter Vikas Dubey, who killed 8 policemen during an encounter last week.

The Bahraich police have launched a massive manhunt in
Indo-Nepal border areas and is intensively checking vehicles in the region amid
intelligence inputs that gangster Vikas Dubey may escape to the neighbouring
country.

Bahraich Superintendent of Police Vipin Mishra said there are
inputs that Vikas Dubey may flee to Nepal.

Accordingly, an intensive manhunt has been launched in the
Indo-Nepal border area in coordination with Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel
and in jungle areas on the border with Forest Department officials, he said.

The police in coordination with SSB has launched manhunt in
Rupaideeh, Murtiha, Sujauli and Motipur police station areas and thoroughly
checking all the vehicles, he said, adding the hunt for the fugitive gangster
was going on in the forest areas as well.

Mishra said even the Nepal police has been contacted for the
arrest of the gangster.

He said photographs of Dubey has been made available to all gram
pradhans of border villages and shared on Whatsapp groups of police.

The pictures
have also been pasted at all main crossings to help people identify him, the SP
added.