139 criminals killed in encounters in UP since 2017: Official

A complete of 139 criminals have been killed and three,196 injured in encounters with the Uttar Pradesh Police since 2017, and the drive has misplaced 13 of its personnel in such incidents, a senior official mentioned on Monday.
On the directions of the state authorities, strict motion has been taken towards infamous criminals, their associates and mafia, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Avanish Kumar Awasthi, mentioned.
“From March 20, 2017, to June 20 this year, 139 criminals have been killed in police encounters and 3,196 injured. In these actions, 13 police personnel were martyred, while 1,122 injured,” he mentioned in a press release.
“The government has a zero-tolerance policy towards crime, and organised crime has been eliminated so far,” Awasthi mentioned.

He mentioned that unlawful property value over Rs 1,500 crore have been seized underneath the Gangster Act.This consists of over Rs 1,300 crore value of property seized from January final yr until now, he mentioned.
Over 13,700 circumstances have been registered underneath the Gangster Act, wherein greater than 43,000 folks have been arrested previously 4 years, Awasthi mentioned.
He mentioned that underneath the Gangster Act, the very best variety of seizures had been made within the Varanasi zone. There had been 420 circumstances and property value over Rs 200 crore was seized, the official mentioned.
In the Gorakhpur zone, in 208 circumstances, property value Rs 264 crore was seized.

The officer mentioned that on the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on each second and fourth Saturday of a month, ‘Thana/Samadhan Diwas’ will likely be organised to listen to grievances of individuals and redress them.
Senior officers of the police and the administration will likely be out there on today and folks can attain out to them to get their issues redressed. Covid protocols will likely be strictly adopted in these programmes, Awasthi mentioned.