he Uttar Pradesh Police is amongst the oldest, and clearly the largest, police force in the country and the world. With a population of over 200 million under its protectorate, it covers a population that is equivalent to that of Brazil. The physical scale aside, the socio-economic challenges and tensions within the state with a known history of civic disorders, riots and societal unrest makes it extremely challenging to police. The 1980 Moradabad riots, 1987 Meerut riots, 1992 demol…

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