Gangster Vikas Dubey, wanted in the killing of eight policemen near Kanpur, was arrested on Thursday morning. He was arrested in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain, news agency ANI reported.

Dubey had been on the run since the killing of the policemen in a shootout in Bikru village near Kanpur on July 3.

The police had been hunting for Dubey in Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring states. More than 40 teams were on the lookout.

Five aides were killed in separate gunfights in multiple locations, most recent being Prabhat Mishra and Praveen Dubey who were gunned down on Thursday.Dubey was killed in Etawah when he was trying to escape after stealing a car. Mishra, meanwhile, was being brought to Kanpur after his arrest in Haryana’s Faridabad. He was gunned down when he tried to flee from the police custody.

On Tuesday, gangster Vikas Dubey was spotted at a hotel in Faridabad, the first time his whereabouts was known in what has been a game of cat and mouse since his escape from the scene of the gunfight.On Wednesday, two sub-inspectors posted in Kanpur, who were believed to have alerted Dubey about the police actions, were arrested.