Kanpur: The Office of Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police announced on Wednesday said the bounty on the arrest of the main accused of the recent Kanpur encounter, Vikas Dubey, has been doubled from Rs250,000 to Rs500,000.
Dubey is the main accused in the encounter that took place in Kanpur last week, in which a group of assailants allegedly opened fire on a police team, which had gone to arrest him. Eight police personnel were killed in the encounter.
A search operation is currently under way for Dubey.
Earlier today, Vikas Dubey's aide, Shyamu Bajpai, was arrested by Chaubeypur police following an encounter. There was a bounty of Rs25,000 on Bajpai, the police informed.
