Akhilesh Yadav slams Uttar Pradesh Govt over encounter data, calls it ‘eyewash to create fear’

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Samajwadi enactment nationalist president Akhilesh Yadav. | Photo Credit: ANI

Reacting implicit the government information connected encounters successful Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav connected Wednesday said many guiltless radical person been killed successful specified incidents, adding specified information are conscionable eyewash aimed astatine creating fear.

“Law and bid cannot beryllium improved by encounters. If instrumentality and bid had been improved by the encounter, however did the incidental instrumentality spot successful Banthara, Lucknow. How was a subordinate of the Balmiki household lynched. Those who speech astir zero tolerance connected instrumentality and bid and corruption. Many fake encounters person taken spot successful this government. Innocent radical were killed,” said Mr. Yadav, addressing the media successful Lucknow. The SP president was referring to a caller incidental of rape of a insignificant miss successful Banthara locality successful Lucknow and lynching of a Dalit younker successful Raebareli. 

He added, successful Jaunpur and different places, policemen person gone to jailhouse successful fake encounters. “This authorities has breached the spot of the radical successful the police. There is fearfulness among the nationalist owed to constabulary harassment and corruption. The constabulary are determination to assistance the public, but this authorities has tarnished the representation of the police. The nationalist is being intimidated by the police. The authorities is making the constabulary bash governmental work. That is wherefore the instrumentality and bid is bad. A ample fig of radical are getting digitally arrested,” alleged Mr. Yadav. 

Uttar Pradesh authorities connected October 14 successful a connection said that since Yogi Adityanath assumed bureau arsenic Chief Minister successful 2017 implicit 15,000 encounters occurred successful the state, starring to elimination of 256 hardened criminals. “Since the Yogi authorities assumed office, the constabulary person maintained a zero-tolerance argumentation toward crime. Over the past 8 and a fractional years. 256 hardened criminals person been eliminated successful encounters. 15,726 encounters were conducted, 31,960 criminals arrested and 10,324 injured,” reads the authorities statement. 

The SP president accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) authorities of selectively neglecting officials hailing from PDA societal groups successful cardinal authorities postings and appointing officials. PDA meaning Pichhda, Dalits and Alpsankhyak, acronym for Backwards, Dalit and Minority. He said radical from a feudal mindset are moving the authorities and administration. 

Published - October 16, 2025 05:10 americium IST

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