India, Feb. 4 -- LUCKNOW Days after the Allahabad high court came down heavily on the UP Police over frequent cases of shooting the accused in their legs during alleged encounters, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the police had been trained to make the "criminals understand in a language that they understood".

"If the police don't fire, should they get shot instead," asked the CM while apprising chairmen of top pharma companies of the country on the law and order scenario in UP at the Pharma Conclave here.

"If criminals have the freedom to fire, then we have also given the police pistols and training to confront the criminals. The criminals should be dealt with in the language they understand," said the CM.

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