In an order issued by chief secretary Anup Chandra Pandey to district magistrates, the government wants 3,026 police encounters in which 69 criminals were gunned down, 838 sustained injuries and 7,043 arrested highlighted. (File photo: Reuters)

Ahead of Republic Day, the list of achievements by the Uttar Pradesh government includes more than 3,000 encounters and 78 killings between March 2017 and mid-July 2018.

Yogi Adityanath was sworn in as the chief minister on March 26, 2017 after Bharatiya Janata Party swept the 2017 assembly elections.

In an order issued by chief secretary Anup Chandra Pandey to district magistrates, the government wants 3,026 police encounters in which 69 criminals were gunned down, 838 sustained injuries and 7,043 arrested highlighted. As many as 11,981 criminals got their bails cancelled and surrendered in a court.

In addition to this, the special task force (STF) killed nine criminals in an encounter and arrested 139 people involved in various criminal activities.

Speaking to India Today TV on this issue, Samajwadi Party spokesperson Sunil Singh Sajan said: "The Yogi Adityanath government has done no work in health, education and improving the infrastructure of the state. Fake encounters have been conducted everywhere and our party has raised this issue in the Parliament. The Supreme Court has also raised the issue of encounters. If a CBI probe is ordered then the UP CM and top police officers will be in trouble."

Senior Congress leader Pramod Tiwari said: "The law and order situation in the state is deteriorating. Murders take place regularly. The SC [Supreme Court] has raised questions on the encounters. Highlighting this as a government achievement means this government has no development work to highlight."