Vikas Dubey who was encountered today by UP Police after he tried to escape from custody has already a film being made on him.
As per the police, the vehicle that was escorting Vikas Dubey to Uttar Pradesh was overturned on a highway early in the morning. Apparently, he tried to escape. He was arrested by the police from Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain on Thursday morning from a Mahakal temple.
Producer Sandip Kapur has announced that he will be making a film on Vikas Dubey which will encapsulate his journey and has expressed that he wants to cast Manoj Bajpayee in the lead role. When Manoj Bajpayee was asked about it, he wrote,
“The script and character should be nice, only then it is fun to portray a real-life character on-screen. The man that we’re talking about here has lived a dramatic life and it will be very interesting to bring his story to the big screen.”
Politicians React To Encounter
According to the police, Vikas Dubey was being taken in a car that overturned midway on a highway after which he tried to escape. He also snatched a gun apparently. In retaliation, the Uttar Pradesh police shot him. Reacting to this claim, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav tweeted,
“Actually, the car didn’t topple. The UP government has been saved from toppling by secrets that would have been revealed.”
Yesterday, when the news of his arrest came about, the Samajwadi Party leader had asked whether the arrest was in fact a surrender. He tweeted,
“There is news that the main accused in the Kanpur case is in police custody. If this is true, the government should clarify whether it was surrender or an arrest. Call records should be made public so that those who colluded with him are exposed.”
The dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey who was arrested yesterday by the Uttar Pradesh police in connection with killing 8 policemen was killed in an encounter on Friday morning. The police said,
“Vikas Dubey attempted to flee by snatching pistol of the injured policemen after a car overturned. The police tried to make him surrender, during which he fired at the policemen. He was injured in retaliatory firing by police. He was later rushed to the hospital.”
Source: Bollywood Hungama