Police Encounters: What UP CM Yogi Must Learn From Mumbai Experience
1 year, 9 months ago

Police Encounters: What UP CM Yogi Must Learn From Mumbai Experience

ABP News  

Mumbai: After assuming the chair of Uttar Pradesh’s chief minister for the first time in 2017, Yogi Adityanath made it clear that his top priority would be to maintain law and order in the state. His proclamation was followed by a string of "encounters" that saw police shooting down and killing numerous accused criminals wanted in several serious offences. The "policy of encounters", pursued by the UP Police, reminds me of a similar approach adopted by the Mumbai Police in the 1990s. Around one and a half decades ago, some encounter cops were arrested after they shot dead a reformed gangster.

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Yogi Adityanath lauds UP police says, ‘govt has zero-tolerance.. towards crime’
1 year, 2 months ago

Yogi Adityanath lauds UP police says, ‘govt has zero-tolerance.. towards crime’

Live Mint  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath while addressing the Police Commemoration Day event in Lucknow said UP government maintains a zero-tolerance stance against criminal activities and criminals. In the period spanning from March 2017 to September 2023, a total of 190 criminals have been shot in police encounters across the state, with the loss of 16 policemen's lives. Yogi Adityanath …

183 criminals killed, 23,300 arrested so far in encounters under Yogi govt in UP
1 year, 8 months ago

183 criminals killed, 23,300 arrested so far in encounters under Yogi govt in UP

Hindustan Times  

The Uttar Pradesh Police said Friday that they have gunned down 183 alleged criminals in encounters in the six years of Yogi Adityanath's government and this included gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad's son Asad and his accomplice, who were killed in an exchange of fire in Jhansi. The UP Police data showed that more than 10,900 police encounters have taken place in …

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