The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday constituted a one-member commission to probe the Kanpur ambush and police encounter with gangster Vikas Dubey.
UP Governor Anandiben Patel appointed retired Allahabad High Court judge Shashi Kant Agarwal to probe the incidents and submit a report within two months, according to a government notification.
According to the statement, the panel will also probe the gangster’s “relationship” with police and people from various departments.
It will suggest ways to prevent such a repetition in future, it said.
A government spokesperson said in the statement that the killing of eight policemen in the ambush on the intervening night of July 2 and 3 by Vikas Dubey and his henchmen and the gangster’s encounter on July 10 is a “subject of public importance”.
“Hence, its probe is essential,” the spokesperson said, adding that panel will also probe “all encounters in the period from July 2-3 to 10”.
