Yogi Adityanath

A gangster was killed and nearly two dozen criminals were arrested by police in 15 encounters in different districts of UP in the past two days, a police spokesperson said. The encounters took place in Bulandshahr, Shamli, Kanpur, Saharanpur, Lucknow, Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar, Gorakhpur, Hapur and Meerut. Gangster Inderpal, who carried a reward of R25,000, was gunned down by the Special Task Force on Friday.