Furore after Indian police shoot much-feared gangster dead

Policemen stand guard next to an overturned vehicle after the gangster Vikas Dubey was shot dead by police, on a highway at Sachendi in Uttar Pradesh state on Friday, July 10, 2020. Indian police shot dead one of the country's most wanted gangsters on July 10 just a day after his dramatic arrest, but suspicions were immediately raised that Dubey was just the latest in a long line of extra-judicial killings. Officials said that Dubey, detained for the killing of eight police, was shot as he tried to escape a police vehicle while being driven to his home city in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. - AFP

LUCKNOW, July 10, 2020 (AFP): Indian police shot dead one of the country's most wanted gangsters Friday just a day after his dramatic arrest, sparking accusations of a staged extra-judicial killing.

Officials said Vikas Dubey, detained for the killing of eight police officers, was shot as he tried to escape a police vehicle while being driven to his home city in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.