were filed in India out of which 39 were on UP police. In 2012, 17 UP police personnel were given life term for killing an incontinent 24-year-old man in a 1992 fake encounter and later they branded the victim as a terrorist. Others In 2020, Uttar Pradesh government started an operation to screen allegedly corrupt police officials who will be forced to take retirement. In the 2020 Hathras gang rape and murder, UP Police forcibly cremated the body of the victim girl without the consent of her family. The station house officer was transferred for his "failure to promptly act" in the case. In Indian culture These law enforcement officers have been depicted in Indian cinema through various films. The Dabangg series of films starring Salman Khan are an example of depiction of the UP Police See also National Police Memorial India Corps of Military Police (India) Emergency telephone number UP Provincial Armed Constabulary 1973 Provincial Armed Constabulary revolt Lucknow Police Varanasi Police Commissionerate Notes References External links State law enforcement agencies of India Uttar Pradesh Police 1861 establishments in British India Government agencies established in 1861