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The police on Tuesday arrested Shashi Kant alias Sonu Pandey, another criminal wanted in connection with the Bikru village carnage, and recovered the looted Insas and AK-47 rifles and live cartridges from him.
Sonu’s father Prem Kumar Pandey was killed in an encounter with police a few days ago.
Addressing media persons here on Tuesday, ADG (Law & Order) Prashant Kumar said the looted rifles were recovered from the houses of Shashi Kant (Insas with 20 cartridges) and the slain gangster Vikas Dubey (AK-47 with 17 cartridges).
Shashi Kant was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his arrest, he added.
It may be recalled that during the Bikru ambush in which eight police personnel were killed in the early hours of July 3, these rifles were looted from the cops by the aides of slain gangster Vikas Dubey.
Of the 21 criminals named in the FIR, police have already initiated action against 12 of them. The ADG said after the killing of eight policemen and loot of firearms from them, separate police teams were deputed to recover the missing Insas and AK-47 rifles. These firearms were recovered from Bikru village late Monday night.
The ADG said of the 21 accused named in the FIR, police had arrested four of them, including Shyamu Bajpai, Jahan Yadav, Daya Shanker Agnihotri and Shashi Kant while six criminals, including key accused Vikas Dubey, Rajaram, Atul Dubey, Amar Dubey, Prabhat Mishra and Pravin Dubey had been killed in police encounter. He said 12 criminals were still absconding and raids were on to nab them also.
The ADG said seven criminals had been arrested
under Section 120B of the IPC and two sent to jail under Section 216.
He said the two aides of Vikas Dubey arrested in Thane (Maharashtra) were being brought to Uttar Pradesh on remand for initiating action against them.
He said the investigations into Bikru carnage were being carried out by the SIT and Judicial Commission simultaneously.
He added that Chaubepur SO Vinay Tewari and beat incharge KK Sharma had already been sent to jail for their involvement in the case.
Daya Shanker Agnihotri alias Guddan and Sonu Tewari arrested by the Mumbai ATS have confessed their involvement in Bikru carnage and evidences against them are being collected in Bikru.
Besides, investigations against Jai Vajpayee, a close aide of Vikas Dubey, are also being carried out by ED, the ADG added.