According to the police, the total number of arrests in the case now stands at four, which includes Dubey's relative Shama, neighbour Suresh Verma, his maid Rekha and her husband.
The 8 UP policemen were killed in a hail of bullets from a building rooftop when they reached the hideout of dreaded criminal Vikas Dubey, who faces 60 criminal cases.
This is the third encounter in the area in four days. Earlier in the week, nine Hizbul Mujahideen militants were killed in two back-to-back operations.
Since Yogi govt began its 'encounter drive', the district has seen 7 killings. In every case, accomplices of the gangster escaped through sugarcane fields.
Since the BJP government took over in March last year, 39 alleged gangsters have been killed in encounters. None of them was on the ‘most wanted’ list.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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