Lucknow, (Uttar Pradesh): The Uttar Pradesh authorities led by Yogi Adityanath on Thursday knowledgeable that greater than 10,000 encounters have taken place between police and criminals within the state prior to now six years throughout which 63 criminals had been killed whereas a courageous cop had additionally been martyred, in keeping with the info launched by the goverment. “In terms of number of encounters, Meerut is at the top in the state with the highest number of 3152 encounters taking place since 2017, in which 63 criminals were killed and 1708 criminals were injured,” it stated. During the identical interval, apart from, a courageous policeman was additionally martyred whereas 401 cops have been injured throughout the police encounters. A complete of 5,967 criminals have been nabbed throughout the motion of the UP Police.Â
“The UP Police has conducted 10713 encounters since 2017 of which the highest 3152 were conducted by the Meerut police, followed by the Agra Police, which carried out 1844 encounters in which 4654 criminals were arrested while 14 dreaded criminals were killed and 55 cops were injured, and Bareilly where as many as 1497 encounters were conducted in which 3410 criminals were arrested while 7 died. During the encounters in Bareilly, 437 criminals were injured. In these operations, 296 brave police personnel were injured while 1 was martyred,” the assertion knowledgeable.
“As soon as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took over the reins of the state, improving the law and order situation in the state became his priority. His government adopted zero tolerance policy against mafia and criminals and intensified crackdown on such elements to strengthen the state`s law and order,” it added.
According to the out there statistics, within the final six years greater than 10,000 encounters of criminals came about within the state. Reminding that as a result of this motion of the police, the state which was as soon as identified for poor regulation and order scenario and atrocities of mafias on harmless folks, at this time is being identified not solely within the nation however overseas as a “crime and fear-free state”.
It is noteworthy that in GIS-23, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and veteran leaders and traders praised the regulation and order scenario of UP. The UP Police labored in a deliberate and phased method to curb crime and crack down on criminals and encounter was the largest technique, which created concern among the many criminals, after which they began fleeing from the state.
