Politics has intensified in the Mangesh Yadav encounter case in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh. While the opposition is accusing the Yogi government and the UP police of taking action based on caste, government supporters are calling it an action to curb criminals. Well, today we will not tell you about this case, but we will tell you which state in the country has the most police encounters. Let’s know about it in detail.
Which state has the most encounters?
According to a report by Dainik Bhaskar, the most encounters in the country are happening in Uttar Pradesh. According to a report by the Times of India, about 13 thousand police encounters have taken place in UP in the last 7 years. Let us tell you, 207 criminals and 17 police personnel died in these encounters.
One criminal killed every 13 days
If we take an average of the encounter data of the last seven years, we will find that in UP, one criminal has been killed in an encounter every 13 days. In these encounters, most of the criminals who were killed had a reward of 75 thousand to 5 lakhs.
Where did most encounters take place in UP
Most encounters in Uttar Pradesh have taken place in Meerut zone. Since 2017 till now, 3723 encounters have taken place in this zone. In these encounters, 66 criminals were killed and 7017 criminals were arrested by the police. In the entire state, the police arrested more than 27 thousand criminals in these 7 years.
Top 5 states with encounters
According to a report by Dainik Bhaskar, during the period 2012 to 2017, the maximum number of encounters in the country took place in UP, Assam, Manipur, Jharkhand and Bihar. While in UP and Bihar the police is resorting to encounters to deal with criminals, in Assam, Manipur and Jharkhand most of the encounter cases are related to militants, Maoists and Naxalites.
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