Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday said the central government was concerned over the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh.
"The MHA (ministry of home affairs) is concerned over the prevailing 'Law and Order' situation in Uttar Pradesh," Rajnath Singh wrote on Twitter.
"We are closely monitoring the situation in UP," he added.
Three Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have been killed in the state in the last two weeks.
A series of crimes against women have also been reported, including the recent case from Badaun where two teenage girls were raped and then hanged from a tree.
Two more similar cases of teenage girls being hanged from trees were also reported from other parts of the state.
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