Lucknow, June 17 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has recruited 2.16 lakh police personnel in the last eight years, the UP Chief Minister's Office (CMO) stated on Tuesday.

In a post on X, Uttar Pradesh CMO said, "Our government has recruited 2.16 lakh police personnel in the Uttar Pradesh Police Force alone in the last 8 years. We not only did this recruitment, but also worked towards making UP Police a 'modern police'..."

The post also stated that, along with the large-scale recruitment, efforts have been made to make the UP Police a 'modern police'.

Earlier on Sunday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah distributed appointment letters to 60,244 Civil Police Constables of Uttar Pradesh Police in Lucknow.

In his address, Shah said that today...