UP Police Unleashes Encounters: Criminals Neutralized, Arrested Across State

• UP Police conducted multiple encounters today across Agra, Unnao, Lakhimpur Kheri, and Pratapgarh, targeting various criminal activities.
• In Agra, four members of a theft gang were arrested after an encounter, with one injured, and stolen copper recovered.
• Unnao police injured and arrested criminals involved in attacking women and children; Pratapgarh police apprehended e-rickshaw robbers.
• A major success in Lakhimpur Kheri saw Talib alias Azam, a gang-rape accused with a 1 lakh bounty and 17 cases, neutralized in a police encounter.
• Talib was the main absconding accused in a December 15 gang-rape case involving a 12th-grade student, with two accomplices already arrested.

Why It Matters: UP Police conducted widespread encounters, neutralizing a bounty criminal and arresting others across multiple districts.