Amar Dubey, an aide of wanted accused who allegedly orchestrated the killings of eight policemen in Kanpur , was shot dead in an alleged encounter early on Wednesday, police said.
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Amar was killed by the Uttar Pradesh STF and local police in Hamirpur’s Maudaha police station area, said Prashant Kumar, ADG Law and Order, U.P.
Hamirpur is a district in Bundelkhand and Maudaha is roughly 60 km from Chaubeypur in Kanpur.
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Amar was among the 18 persons linked to Vikas on whom the U.P. police declared a bounty of ₹25,000 each for allegedly killing eight policemen in Bikru village on the intervening night of July 2 and 3.
Amar was considered close to Vikas, who is still out of police reach and has a bounty of ₹2.5 lakh on his head.
The police have so far arrested four persons linked to Vikas , including his domestic help and his wife, while three persons, including Amar and Prem Kumar Pandey, a distant maternal uncle of Vikas, have been killed in alleged encounters.
