The incident occurred when the police attempted to arrest Vikas Dubey, a history-sheeter facing 60 criminal cases, in Dikru village under Chaubeypur Police Station on the intervening night of 2 and 3 July.
At least eight Uttar Pradesh Police personnel, including a deputy superintendent of police, were killed after they were fired upon during a raid in Kanpur, according to several media reports.
The incident occurred when the police attempted to arrest Vikas Dubey, a history-sheeter facing 60 criminal cases, in Dikru village under Chaubeypur Police Station on the intervening night of 2 and 3 July, PTI reported. As the police team was about to reach Dubey’s hideout, a hail of bullets rained down on them from a building rooftop, officials told PTI.