Langda to Khallas: UP's bullet blitz

If you thought Operation Khallas and Operation Langda were the kind of names cooked up by a struggling Bollywood screenwriter holed up in a dingy Versova café, you'd be forgiven.

- Biswajeet Banerjee

It's the very real, very state-sanctioned anti-crime crackdown unleashed by the Uttar Pradesh Police. Under direct orders from CM Yogi Adityanath, UP cops have pulled off what can only be described as a high-octane justice marathon: 20 police encounters in 48 hours.

From Meerut to Muzaffarnagar, criminals across the state either found themselves limping or, well, no longer finding anything at all. That's the basic philosophy behind these two operations: Langda (make 'em limp), and Khallas (make 'em disappear - permanently).