LUCKNOW, July 17 -- The U.P. Police claimed to have arrested more than 30,694 criminals, while over 9,467 were shot in the leg and 238 were killed during operations targeting fugitives and repeat offenders in the past eight years since March 2017, senior police officials stated in a release shared by the state government media cell here on Thursday.

Director general of police (DGP) Rajeev Krishna said that the state police have maintained an aggressive crackdown on crime. He pointed out that the highest number of actions took place in Meerut Zone in western U.P, where 7,969 criminals were arrested and 2,911 were injured, while 5,529 criminals were arrested with 741 shot in the leg in Agra Zone. In Bareilly Zone, 4,383 criminals were caug...