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UP Encounter Raj: Why is the High Court Questioning Yogi’s "5 Encounters a Day" Formula?

Express Explained: 17,043 encounters since March 2017. That averages out to nearly five police encounters every single day in Uttar Pradesh under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s "Zero Tolerance" policy. ...

But behind the staggering numbers lies a highly predictable pattern that has now come under the scanner of the judiciary. Suspect fires, tries to flee, and gets shot in the leg—a sequence of events that repeats with striking precision across the state.

In this video, we investigate the deeper mechanics of UP’s encounter theory.

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