Kanpur, Jul 10 (PTI) Gangster Vikas Dubey was shot dead on Friday, a week after he allegedly masterminded an ambush at his village here in which eight policemen were killed. The timeline:

July 3

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* Eight police personnel, including a DSP, gunned down in Bikru village near Kanpur allegedly by the henchmen of gangster Vikas Dubey. *Hours later, Vikas Dubey's two accomplices also killed in an encounter. July 4

*UP Police suspends Chaubeypur station officer Vinay Tiwari, suspected of tipping off Dubey about a raid to arrest him.

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*Vikas Dubey's house in Bikru village razed under police presence. July 5

*Vikas Dubey's aide Dayashankar Agnihotri arrested in a pre-dawn encounter in Kanpur. July 6 *UP Police suspends three more of their men.

*UP Police says they are probing allegations in a letter purportedly written by slain DSP Devendra Mishra, alleging links between Vinay Tiwari and Dubey. July 7

*All 68 personnel of the Chaubeypur police station shunted to the reserve police line. *Three more people linked with Dubey arrested. *DIG Anant Deo, a former Kanpur Nagar SSP, transferred to the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) in Moradabad. July 8 *Police shoot dead an aide of gangster Vikas Dubey and arrest six other alleged accomplices. *Two suspended sub inspectors, Vinay Tiwari and Bikru beat in-charge K K Sharma, also arrested. *UP STF detains Vikas Dubey's brother-in-law Raju Nigam in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district. July 9 *Madhya Pradesh police arrest Vikas Dubey outside Mahakal temple in Ujjain, hand him over to UP Police. *Dubey's aides Prabhat and Praveen shot dead in separate encounters in UP. * Dubey's wife, son and a help held by the Uttar Pradesh police for questioning. July 10 *Vikas Dubey shot dead on the outskirts of Kanpur, police say he was trying to escape from custody. PTI

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