The problem with encounters

They're an unsatisfactory way of tackling crime. It's even worse when you suspect they've been carefully staged

Let me begin with an admission: I’m not sure what to make of the facts I intend to draw to your attention but I find them disturbing. But then I’m not a police officer or politician whose role is to prosecute or pin responsibility. I’m a journalist whose aim is to raise questions. If that raises doubts in your mind I’ve achieved my purpose. Because such doubts are the cause of my concern.

The UP police has revealed that since March 2017, when the Yogi Adityanath government took charge, it has engaged in 1,142 encounters resulting in 34 deaths and