Recently, Sarfaraz, one of the suspects in the Bahraich incident, was injured during a police encounter. Let's take a look back at some notable encounters that have occurred in Uttar Pradesh during CM Yogi Adityanath's tenure.
Mangesh Yadav's mother Sheela Devi - a resident of village Agaraura under Buksa police station in Jaunpur - moved court seeking action against police personnel including Sultanpur SP. She alleged her son Mangesh Yadav, an accused in a robbery case, was killed in a fake encounter.
Police claimed that the accused opened fire on the policemen when they were chasing them. In retaliatory firing, all three accused were shot. Later, they were taken into custody and sent to the hospital for treatment.
The majority of those killed were Muslims, Brahmins, and Thakurs, while Yadavs were fourth in the tally. The data also highlights 17 police officers martyred and over 6,000 criminals injured during this period.
Rahul Gandhi took a sharp dig at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh following the controversial Mangesh Yadav encounter, accusing the state of flouting the rule of law and demanding an impartial investigation into all suspicious encounters by the UP STF.
In four encounters, Noida police arrested as many as eight individuals within 48 hours with seven criminal suspects sustaining bullet injuries. Among the arrested is a notorious criminal with over 150 cases registered against him.
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A three-member commission probing the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey has given a clean chit to police, stating their version of events about his death were supported by evidence.
The Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police has naturalised two wanted criminals in an encounter in Arail of Prayagraj district, news agency ANI reported. They were identified as Vakil Pandey and Amzad. According to police, Pandey and Amzad were sharpshooters linked to gangsters Munna Bajrangi and Mukhtar Ansari.
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