Meerut tops UP Police encounter killings over nine-year crackdown

Key points

• Since 2017, the Uttar Pradesh government has aggressively pursued encounter operations across the state.
• According to official data, UP Police conducted 17,043 encounters over the past nine years, in which 289 alleged criminals were killed, and 34,253 were arrested.
• And if there is one zone that defines UP's encounter era, it is Meerut.
• With 4,813 encounter operations — roughly one in every three encounters across the entire state — Meerut sits alone at the top of every ranking.
• Police arrested 8,921 criminals, injured 3,513, and killed 97. No other zone comes close on the neutralisation count.