Uttar Pradesh has seen major reshuffle in police force since Yogi Adityanath took over as the Chief Minister of the state. The states been witness to a sharp increase in crime graph since Yogi took over. Number of murder rose from 286 in January to 396 in March and 399 in April this year. Talking to India today, Additional DGP of the state said that that every effort was on to control the crime graph. Murder cases stood at 1,364 till April as compared to 1,395 in 2015 and 1,513 in 2016.

Source: India Today May 12, 2017 10:01 UTC