Vikas Dubey might be over but his case isn’t, many skeletons are waiting to be exposed

It’s been almost a fortnight since the encounter of Vikas Dubey, while Dubey might have been finished, his case certainly isn’t. When Dubey was encountered, the opposition unitedly jumped to criticise the Yogi Adityanath government as they demanded a fair investigation. It seems that the tables have turned as the Supreme Court has made some startling observations which will likely give sleepless nights to Dubey’ political benefactors and co-conspirators as an SC has asked the UP government to rework a committee to investigate the death of Vikas Dubey and how the notorious gangster was out on bail despite committing heinous crimes.

During the hearing of the Vikas Dubey encounter in the Supreme Court, the top court asked the UP government to form a probe committee consisting of a former Supreme Court judge and a retired police officer, to which the UP government readily agreed.

The probe committee will be tasked to investigate the encounter of Dubey and additionally, how such a notorious criminal was allowed to roam free on bail

Chief Justice of India, SA Bobde ordered the UP government, “We are appalled at the fact that such a person was released on bail. This is a failure of an institution where he was released on bail and did this. We need a report on such bail orders.”

The honourable judge also asked the lawyer representing the UP government to look into statements made by the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister. “If they have made certain statements and then something has followed, you should look into this,” said Chief Justice Bobde.

Just a couple of days ago, Jai Bajpai who is believed to be the financier of Vikas Dubey was arrested by the UP Police. Bajpai is believed to have provided ammunition to Dubey in the Bikru village encounter that left eight policemen dead. Additionally, Prashant Shukla aka Dablu, brother-in-law of slain gangster Bauan Dubey, has also been arrested.

The hunt is on for Vikas Dubey’s brother, Deep Prakash Dubey with the Yogi Adityanath government announcing a reward for Rs 20,000 for his whereabouts.

Vikas Dubey was a notorious criminal with links to Bahujan Samaj Party and then Samajwadi Party and was the main accused in the murder of 8 policemen in Bikaru village of Chaubepur area of ​​Kanpur. 

Vikas had 60 cases related to murder, looting, arson and possession, but still got bail. It would have been impossible for Vikas to get bail despite the magnanimity of his crimes without any political backing. Vikas flourished under the rule of SP-BSP and there are high chances that many skeletons are waiting to be exposed in this case.