Kumar Bahukhandi
Politics has always been going on in Uttar Pradesh regarding the encounter of criminals. Now for the past few days, the basis of this controversy has become caste. Which has been made by SP chief Akhilesh Yadav. He is constantly accusing the government that the BJP government is getting encounters done on the basis of caste. Akhilesh had also said that people of Yadav community are being deliberately encountered. Now the figures of UP Police have come out on this matter, which are exposing the lies of Akhilesh Yadav.
According to police data, after Yogi Adityanath became the Chief Minister, from the year 2017 till now, in these seven years, a total of 12 thousand 525 encounters have taken place in the state, in which 207 criminals were killed and more than 6 thousand were injured. Out of 207, the highest number of 66 criminals were killed in encounters in Meerut zone. At the same time, 21 criminals were killed in Varanasi zone and 16 in Agra zone in police encounters.
Apart from this, 17 policemen have also been martyred while fighting criminals since 2017 and 1500 personnel have also been injured. The caste of 207 criminals killed in the encounter was found out and allegations were made that the police and especially the STF are targeting people of some particular caste or religion, while criminals wanted in serious cases are being given amnesty.
According to the data, the highest number of Muslim criminals have been killed in the encounters in UP so far. In this, 67 Muslim criminals were killed in encounters. In which Asad, son of notorious mafia Atiq Ahmed, shooter Usman Chaudhary is also included. Similarly, Vikas Dubey, Amar Dubey and 20 other criminals are Brahmins and 18 are Thakurs. The Yadav caste, over which there is a political uproar, is at the fourth place in the list of police data. 16 criminals of the Yadav caste have been killed in the encounter. Apart from this, 17 Gujjars and Jats, 14 Dalits, 3 Scheduled Tribes, 2 Sikhs, 8 OBCs and 42 criminals from other castes have also been killed.
