LUCKNOW: In a sustained campaign against gangsters and wanted criminals, the Uttar Pradesh Police gunned down as many as 178 listed criminals in exchange of fire, most of them carrying cash rewards ranging from Rs 75,000 to Rs 5 lakh on their arrest, since March 2017. At least every 13th day, a listed criminal was killed in a police encounter in the state in the past six year.
Police have arrested 23,069 following encounters between March 20, 2017 and March 6, 2023, of which 4,911 were injured.
