16 Facts About Vikas Dubey

Vikas Dubey was commonly known as "Vikas Pandit", naming himself after the titular character of the 1999 film Arjun Pandit, played by Sunny Deol.

Vikas Dubey was alternatively referred to as "Pandit Ji" locally.

Vikas Dubey was connected to the murder of a minister of state, and in another incident, was the main accused in killing eight policemen during an attempted arrest.

Vikas Dubey was killed on 10 July 2020, in an encounter, after the police vehicle carrying him met with an accident.

Media reports state that because of his political connections, Vikas Dubey had been acquitted for most of his murders, despite the presence of multiple witnesses at the scenes.

Vikas Dubey was born in a land-owning Brahmin family in Bikroo village in Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh.

Vikas Dubey often targeted people for land grabbing if he perceived them to be easy targets.

Vikas Dubey soon became one of the most wanted criminals in Kanpur.

Vikas Dubey was the primary accused in the 2001 killing of BJP leader Santosh Shukla, who was then a minister of state.

Vikas Dubey was arrested but was later discharged, allegedly due to his political influence.

Two gunmen, identified as a maternal uncle and another close relative of Vikas Dubey, were killed in the gunfight.

Vikas Dubey was arrested in 2017; when the Government of Uttar Pradesh charged him under the Gangsters Act and Anti-Social Activities Act and charge-sheeted him in 2019.

Vikas Dubey challenged this at the High Court and secured an order of no coercive action against him.

Vikas Dubey was apprehended again on 9 July 2020, near the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.

Vikas Dubey was reported to have shouted his name while being arrested, in fear of being killed like his accomplices.

Vikas Dubey allegedly snatched a pistol from a policeman trying to fix a flat tire and tried to run away, before being killed by the Uttar Pradesh Police.