Lucknow, July 11 -- The encounter killing of gangster Vikash Dueby on Friday morning created a political uproar in Uttar Pradesh with the Opposition demanding a judicial probe into the police action and accusing the Yogi Adityanath Government of "silencing" the gangster to save his political patrons.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday took a swipe at the UP Government over the encounter killing of Dubey saying while the criminal has gone, what about those protecting him? She also demanded a probe into the entire sequence of events, since killing of eight policemen and later alleged "encounter" of six criminals, including Dubey, by a sitting Supreme Court judge.

In a tweet in Hindi, Priyanka Gandhi said, "The crimin...