Yogi hits back at Opposition in Assembly for saying crime rising in UP

Since 2016, cases of dacoity have come down by 74.5 percent, loot by 65.29 percent, murder by 26.43 percent, rape by 38.74 percent. These are the figures showing a decrease in crime, said Adityanath

Facing attack over the alleged rise in crime graph in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday insisted crime has decreased since 2016 and the Opposition was a danger to law and order.

"They talk about law and order, (but) they are a bigger danger to it. The state has already been saved from criminals and the work on it would continue more effectively," he told the legislative assembly while submitting to it figures since 2016 to show that crime has come down in the state.

Since 2016, cases of dacoity have come down by 74.5 percent, loot