UP police shoots dead criminal wanted in murder, dacoity cases
The Uttar Pradesh Police said that the Special Task Force (STF) shot dead a criminal identified as Mohammed Gufran in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi at around 5:00am on Tuesday. It said he was wanted in more than 13 cases of murder, looting, and robbery in Pratapgarh and Sultanpur. He carried a reward of Rs. 1.25 lakh.
Was involved in robbery caught on CCTV: Police
The police claimed that Gufran was involved in a robbery that took place on April 24 in a shop in Pratapgarh. The CCTV footage from the shop shows three masked men on a motorcycle, which appears to be the same make as the one Gufran was allegedly riding before the encounter. The police claimed Gufran could be seen in the video carrying a handgun.
Pistol and carbine were recovered from Gufran
UP police had 10,814 encounters in last 6 years
The UP government informed in March that in the last six years under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the UP Police had 10,814 encounters with criminals, in which 178 people were killed, 4,911 were injured, and 23,069 were arrested. While the government projects the extrajudicial killings as weeding out the "mafia" from the state, it has been accused of staging the encounters for optics.
