Vinay Tiwari, the SHO of Chaubeypur who was suspended and arrested after the Bikru shoot-out, had allegedly begged Vikas Dubey and invoked their Brahmin caste honour to spare the life of Rahul Tiwari, who had filed an attempt-to-murder case against him two days before the killing of eight policemen.<\/p>\n
Coming out of hiding, Mr. Rahul on Wednesday claimed this as he narrated the events that led to the raid of July 2-3. <\/p>\n
It was on his complaint that the police teams had gone to Bikru to arrest Dubey.<\/p>\n
Beaten by Dubey\u2019s men<\/h2>\n
He said that on June 27, while he was returning to his village, men linked to Dubey surrounded and thrashed him and took away his motorcycle and cash. Following this, Mr. Rahul went to lodge a police complaint. SHO Tiwari, however, summoned him on July 1 and first went with him to the spot of the assault but later took him to the house of Dubey in Bikru village.<\/p>\n
\u201cVikas Dubey and his henchmen thrashed me and put a rifle against my chest threatening to kill me,\u201d Mr. Rahul told a Hindi TV channel. The SHO was also threatened and scolded by Dubey, he said.<\/p>\n
Mr. Rahul then said that the SHO, fearing Dubey could kill him [Rahul], asked Dubey not to take any drastic step. \u201cSHO sahab<\/em> then took off his janeu<\/em> (sacred thread) and said to Dubey, \u2018Brother, please consider the honour of Brahmins\u2019,\u201d said Mr. Rahul.<\/p>\n After this, Dubey called for some Gangajal and gave it to both, and made them take vows. \u201cDubey was also made to promise that he would not kill me,\u201d said Mr. Rahul, adding that his two-wheeler was returned to him and he was sent home.<\/p>\n However, Mr. Rahul approached the Kanpur SSP and an FIR was lodged.<\/p>\n The original dispute between Dubey and Mr. Rahul was over the latter\u2019s in-laws\u2019 ancestral land in Mohini Nawada village.