Kanpur: The Kanpur police on Sunday morning after a brief encounter arrested a member of Vikas Dubey gang, who was one of the killers involved in brutal killing of eight Uttar Pradesh personnel.
According to SSP Kanpur,one Daya Shankar Agnihotri, a key aide of Dubey was intercepted by the police around 4.40 am in Kalyanpur area.
“When he tried to escape, the police team shot at his leg and arrested him,” the SSP said. A country made firearm and cartridges were recovered from his possession, said the police official.
It may be mentioned here that Agnihotri is one of the accused in the killing of eight policemen on Friday in Bikru village.
The police said that Agnihotri will be interrogated by various agencies probing the Friday incident and is expected that he could provide vital clues in the case that may lead to nabbing the notorious gangster.