499 fake encounters took place when Mulayam was UP CM: BJP

Reacting to Bahraich encounter, ex-Rajya Sabha MP and BJP leader Syed Zafar Islam said 499 encounters had taken place in UP when Mulayam Singh Yadav was the chief minister, claiming that all of them were fake. His remarks came amid ex-CM Akhilesh Yadav's criticism of the encounter, who denounced it as an "administrative failure" by the state government.