Seven former Uttar Pradesh legislators have figured prominently within the UP Police listing of `most wished`. The state police`s `most wished` listing consists of names of criminals concerned in severe offences resembling homicide and extortion and those that are accused in circumstances of usurping land and property. Those within the listing additionally embrace don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, former MLA Vijay Mishra, former BSP MLA Haji Yakoob Qureshi, former BSP MLC Haji Iqbal, former MLC Brijesh Singh from Varanasi, former SP MP Rizwan Zaheer, former BSP MLC Sanjeev Dwivedi, former block pramukh Sudhir Singh in Gorakhpur and block pramukh Dilip Mishra.
Special DG, legislation and order, Prashant Kumar, reiterated that motion in opposition to criminals has been taken no matter their caste, faith and area. “We will be monitoring these 66 criminals from the DGP headquarters and ensure that the cases in which they are named as an undertrial are pursued, so that conviction is achieved,” stated Kumar. The officer added that actions of the gang members of these within the listing will even be monitored. Special police models, just like the STF and ANTF, will even provoke motion in opposition to them. Kumar added that of the 66 named, two have died -Atiq Ahmed and Aditya Rana, who carried a bounty of Rs 2.5 lakh and was killed in change of fireplace with the police in Bijnor. “Of the remaining, 27 are in jail, five are absconding while others are out on bail,” added the particular DG. “Those on the run include Badan Singh Baddo, Vinay Tyagi of Muzaffarnagar, former MLC Haji Iqbal who also carries Rs 1 lakh reward and others,” added Kumar.
Another senior officer stated that since 2017, motion in opposition to each dreaded prison and gangster, who thought-about himself the uncrowned king of the underworld, has been initiated. “The Yogi government launched a crackdown on all sorts of mafia and gangsters in the state, including those who had established a network of crime and enjoyed political patronage during previous governments,” a authorities spokesperson added.
