Dreaded gangster Anij Dujana was killed in an encounter with the UP STF on May 04. The Uttar Pradesh police had constituted seven teams to trace the gangster. Earlier in February, there was a heated debate in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly over the shootout in Prayagraj in which Umesh Pal, the witness in the Raju Pal murder case was killed along with his one gunner. A visibly upset Yogi blamed Samajwadi Party of sheltering mafia elements during its rule and promised that he will decimate mafia goons from the state. There were heated exchanges between both the leaders as Akhilesh accused Yogi of going soft on BSP to which Atiq Ahmed belonged. Yogi, on the other hand, was clear that the SP has sheltered mafia leaders.