Over 10000 Police Encounters of Criminals in UP in Last 6 Yrs

Lucknow: More than 10,000 police encounters with criminals occurred in Uttar Pradesh during the last six years with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led BJP Government in the state.

During this period the highest number of encounters numbering 3152 happened in Meerut in which 63 people were killed and 1,708 were injured.

In all, the UP Police have conducted 10,713 encounters since 2017, of which the highest of 3,152 were conducted by the Meerut Police, followed by the Agra Police, which carried out 1,844 encounters in which 4,654 criminals were arrested while 14 criminals were killed and 55 cops were injured. A total of 1,497 encounters were conducted in Bareilly in which 3,410 criminals were killed and seven arrested. During the encounters in Bareilly, 437 criminals were injured.