Most Police Encounters In Chhattisgarh, UP Second In Last 5 Years: Centre
NDTV
BJP MP Varun Gandhi had sought details on the number of police encounters that had taken place in Uttar Pradesh in the last five years
The maximum number of police encounters have taken place in Uttar Pradesh after Chhattisgarh, according to data given to the Lok Sabha by the Home Ministry.
BJP MP Varun Gandhi had sought details on the number of police encounters that had taken place in UP in the last five years. The Home Ministry said some 117 police encounters took place between January 2017 and January 31 this year.
Chhattisgarh, where the security forces are fighting Maoists, has seen the most gunfights with 191 encounters during the same period.
The BJP MP from UP's Pilibhit also sought to know the number of first information reports, or FIRs, filed into encounter killings, the number of ongoing investigations against police officers on charges of encounter killings, and the number of police officers convicted for encounter killings in the same period, the Home Ministry did not give any details.
