Vikas Dubey Encounter & U.P Police

Was Vikas Dubey’s house demolition legal? Was Dubey killed in fake encounter?

Rule of Law states that even in case of worst Human Being or Dreaded Criminal, he should not be eliminated and given due process of natural justice. Principle of Human Rights- Every person shall have right to fair trial and should be assumed innocent until proven guilty, i.e. AUDI ALTERM PARTEM.

Five of Dubey’s men have been killed in encounter since July 3, 2020. Now in this present case, how Vikas Dubey travelled from Faridabad to Ujjain through Kota and how he is roaming in Ujjain’s temple fearlessly to offer prayer in temple, where he got arrested by U.P police, confessing “Mai Hoon Vikas Dubey Kanpur Wala”. Whole story seems to be concocted one. U.P Govt. here might have thought of being exposed by Dubey as he has insider connection with various high-profile ministers, Police officers and other personnel. They were left with single option of encounter to refrain Dubey from recording his statement.

Here arises Dozens of questions regarding Dubey’s Encounter?

  1. In Toll Plaza’s CCTV footage, we can see Dubey in Safari, however he was encountered while fleeing in another car of police personnel. How cars got switched?
  2. That vehicle was lying conveniently on its side with all the doors being closed and not much damage to road with open fields on each of its sides. How person can escape in open field?
  3. Press/Media was following the cavalcade it seems Press was threated and might be halted in between state highway?
  4. In ordinary crimes, criminals are handcuffed so they can’t escape, in present scenario Dubey being dreaded criminal was not handcuffed by the police. Why?

These are just kind of factual errors. Moreover, encounter seems to be scripted badly.

U.P is a state where encounters are celebrated. If we look few years back, one police office was heavily applauded for the encounter he had done, he sat in chariot decorated with flowers and took round of city.

Words of Chief Minister regarding Encounter-

OUTLOOK JOURNAL (9th Oct, 2019)

CM announces, “Agar Apradh Karenge to Thok Dieye Jayenge” the state police without any doubt, becomes trigger happy. Moreover Swatch Bharat Abhiyan was replaced with Swatch Badmas Abhiyan.

Supreme Court’s Judgement:

“It is not the duty of the police officers to kill the accused merely because he is a dreaded criminal. Undoubtedly, the police have to arrest the accused and put them up for trial. This court has repeatedly admonished trigger happy police personnel, who liquidate criminals and project the incident as an encounter. Such killings must be deprecated. They are not recognized as legal by our criminal justice administration system. They amount to state sponsored terrorism.”

# When Police kills a Criminal it’s called an ‘Encounter’. When a Criminal kills police it’s called ‘Murder’

Few things that readers should understand:

1. It’s Time for major Criminal Laws reforms in the country

2. Who will judge the Police?

3. Has it become so easy to by-pass Court system?

4. Is calling every high profile case as Encounter in the garb of socio-media justice lawful?

5. A person who is one of the most wanted Criminal after a failed escape surrenders to police

6. Will he try to run away and endanger his own life?

7. For someone as smart as Vikas Dubey@Vikas Pandit that’s a really stupid way to die. Isn’t it?

8. How far would he have run away on foot with an army of armed police persons surrounding him?

9. Police training requires a fair warning and thereafter shooting at non-fatal body parts only to disable a person

10. Killing someone and claiming self-defense in the given scenario comes across as foul play

11. The real question is who is a Criminal?

12. The criminal himself or the police. Both Breaking Laws and not respecting any Due Process

We need to ask ourselves:

“Are we safe when Police is stepping out of the domain of Policing and entering the domain of Judiciary?”