UP: After spree of encounters, criminals run to jail for safety

Fearing getting killed in a Police encounter, wanted criminals in Uttar Pradesh state are on a surrender spree.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had instructions to all district police chiefs to aggressively hunt them down in order to control the rising crime in the state.

According to data provided by UP DGP’s office, as many as 142 wanted or criminals with rewards on their heads have surrendered either within the state or outside from March 20, 2017, soon after the new state government took over, to January 31, 2018.

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Besides, there are 26 criminals who despite getting a bail did not secure their release. Then, 71 are those who got their bail bond cancelled and went back to jail.

"Police chiefs of all districts had been instructed to aggressively go against criminals. They were asked to prepare dossiers of all those offenders of law on whom either rewards had been announced or were at large, said UP DGP OP Singh to a leading daily.

"The results are unprecedented, because never in the past this kind of straight message was conveyed to those criminals and never before this message had so clearly gone down into the heart and mind of these outlaws that they will not be allowed to play havoc with the lives of common citizens come what may,” Singh added.

Last week, two criminals in UP's Kairana district were seen carrying placards which said they would not commit a crime in the future.

The duo even handed over an affidavit to senior police officer with the same pledge.