Justice (Retired) Shashi Kant Agarwal reached Bikru village on Monday afternoon and visited the spot of the ambush in which eight police personnel were killed in the early hours of July 3. He also talked to the villagers living there to ascertain the facts of the incident.

The Yogi  Adityanath government had on Sunday set up a judicial commission headed by retired judge of High Court, Justice (Retired) Shashi Kant Agarwal, to look into all the issues related to the ambush and later the encounter of most wanted criminal Vikas Dubey. The commission would also suggest measures to avert any similar incident in future, particularly due to police-criminal unholy nexus.

Justice (Retired) Agarwal was flanked by District Magistrate BR Tiwari and SSP Dinesh Kumar P apart from other senior officers of the police and district administration.

Thereafter, he may visit the spot where gangster Vikas Dubey was killed in encounter.

Justice (Retd,) Agarwal reached the village around 12:30 pm. He visited the spot and collected detailed information about the incident and demolition of Vikas Dubey’s house from the DM and the SSP for about 25 minutes.

He also heard the complaints of six persons, including Dinesh Dubey’s son Manoj Dubey, and quizzed the villagers.

After inspecting the spot and quizzing villagers for about a hour, he returned from the village around 1:30 pm.

The commission has been given two months’ time to complete the investigation. The commission is empowered to look into any aspects which arise during course of investigation along with any further directions given by the government in this regard.