UP: The gangsters are back

My Photographer and I have been waiting in a taxi for over two hours outside the Gorakhpur Divisional Jail. It is 7 June and the sun is unbearably harsh. The jail is heavily garrisoned. A dozen-odd policemen with rifles are posted at the typically imposing jail gate. Additionally, a posse of cops is deployed outside the compound. To avoid any suspicion, we are parked under a tree, at a short distance from the jail boundary. At around 1 pm, a white Tata Sumo (registration number UP-53 AS 8797) with black tinted windows, pulls over.

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