Vikas Dubey, the dreadest gangster from Kanpur was shot dead in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Friday morning.

He was arrested on Thursday in a dramatic manner from the Mahakal Temple in Ujjain. Dubey’s men had killed 8 policemen on July 2 and July 3 when they went to arrest the gangster in connection with an attempt to murder case.

He had an encounter while being brought to Uttar Pradesh when a car he was in overturned.

Security personnel claimed that they shot him when he reportedly snatched a policeman’s gun and tried to flee. He was shot in self-defense in what appeared to be a dramatic incident.

Some reports say he told the temple guards to call the police and chose to publicly surrender. Now, some social media users have questioned the police overdramatic death.

He died at the hospital and was shot in the chest, according to the Indian police.