Judicial panel cites official collusion, gives clearance to UP police team in Vikas Dubey encounter case

The three-member judicial commission, which was headed by retired Supreme Court Judge BS Chauhan and with retired Allahabad HC judge Justice Shashi Kant Agarwal and former UP Director General of Police KL Gupta as its other members, recommended an inquiry against the “erring public servants”.

New Delhi: In the Vikas Dubey encounter case, a three-member judicial commission, formed on the Supreme Court direction, gave clearance to the police action. The report was tabled in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Thursday.  The three-member judicial commission, which was headed by retired Supreme Court Judge BS Chauhan and with retired Allahabad HC judge Justice Shashi Kant Agarwal and former UP Director General of Police KL Gupta as its other members, recommended an inquiry against the “erring public servants”. The commission cited enough evidence that Vikas Dubey and his gang were patronised by local police, revenue and administrative officials, according to The Indian Express report.