Lucknow (IANS). 16 gangsters and their gang members have been gunned down in separate police encounters in Uttar Pradesh in the last three-and-a-half years, while 55 others, including 19 mafias, have been convicted and sentenced in 42 separate cases. .
The state police launched a crackdown against 69 mafias and 1,153 members of their gangs in about three and a half years from January 2020.
Prashant Kumar, Special Director General (Law and Order) of UP Police informed that since January 2020, the state police has been cracking down on criminals and mafias and properties worth Rs 3,516 crore bought and occupied by them have been seized and demolished. delivered or released from illegal possession.
Apart from this, the involvement of criminals and mafias in various government contracts and other businesses has been curbed, causing them a loss of over Rs 1,424 crore, he said.
Prashant Kumar said that while taking action against these elements, 650 criminal cases were registered and at least 549 of them were arrested.
He said that 239 have been booked under the Goondas Act, 704 under the Gangster Act and 18 under the National Security Act. Preventive measures were taken against 336 people under the provisions of section 110G of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
Similarly, 92 new criminal gangs were registered in the police records and surveillance on gang leaders and members was intensified, the Special Director General said.
He said that history sheets of 404 criminals were opened and ‘District Badar’ (expulsion of regular criminals from a certain district for a specified period) action was taken against 83 of them, while bail of 25 criminals was canceled and they were sent to prison. Sent back to jail.
