(LiveMint)
In a massive drive launched against gangsters in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government has slapped stringent charges against 88 criminals under the National Security Act (NSA) in the past one week. Uttar Pradesh’s additional chief secretary-cum- principal secretary (home) Awanish Awasthi on Tuesday said the NSA has been invoked against 88 people in 67 cases in the past one week.
On Wednesday, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) gunned down a close aide — Amar Dubey — of history-sheeter Vikas Dubey. STF IG Amitabh Yash on Wednesday said Amar Dubey, a close aide to Vikas Dubey was killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh task force in Hamirpur district.
