The report on encounter deaths in Uttar Pradesh and the observation of the Supreme Court is an indicator that the law of the jungle prevails in the State (“Encounter deaths in U.P.: a serious issue, observes SC, January 15). A leader who preaches peace and prosperity cannot shoot ‘unwanted people’ mercilessly like birds while being unmindful of the constitutional rights every citizen has in this democracy. Over 1,100 encounters ever since the Yogi Adityanath government has been in place is no small a figure nor a trivial issue to be ignored.
J. Eden Alexander,
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu