LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – Police shot lifeless on Friday a person who had been accused of ordering the killing of eight policemen when he tried to flee from officers who had taken him into custody after he surrendered, officers stated.

Vikas Dubey, who was on the run for over every week after he allegedly ordered the eight policemen killed, was shot lifeless in Uttar Pradesh (UP) after an accident as he was being taken to detention.

“We were bringing Dubey to the prison when a car he was in overturned … we had to shoot him because he stole a policeman’s gun and tried to flee,” stated a senior police official within the state capital of Lucknow.

Dubey had been accused in 60 felony instances, of varied offences together with tried homicide, and speak of his hyperlinks with police and politicians has been dominating headlines ever because the shootout final week wherein the eight police had been killed and 7 wounded.

Two of Dubey’s aides had been killed in final week’s violence and a police officer posted close to Dubey’s village was arrested over allegations that he helped him flee.

With a inhabitants of greater than 200 million, UP is India’s most populous state. It has lengthy been plagued crime and corruption.