Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath claimed Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav was sad about a dacoit's death, referring to the encounter of gangster Mangesh Yadav in Sultanpur. "When a...dacoit is killed in an...encounter, it's as if...police have touched a sensitive nerve and [SP starts] crying," Yogi said. Akhilesh had alleged that the BJP made UP "the capital of fake encounters".