
Two persons were gunned down by the police in Hasanganj area on Friday late evening.
This occurred during a vehicle check, when the policemen on duty tried to stop the duo on a motorcycle resisted and instead fired at the policemen and ran away.
“The policemen then sent the details to the other
check posts, on the basis of which the miscreants were accosted at the near the Bandha Road in Hasanganj. There was an exchange of fire in which the assailants were killed,” said Senior
Superintendent of Police Akhil Kumar. “The miscreants are yet to be identified,” he added.
Two revolvers were also recovered from the miscreants. The bodies of the duo were sent for postmortem.
Circle Officer, Mahanagar, Rahul Srivastava said: “After the miscreants shot at the policemen, the Hasanganj police personnel, who had received the information about them tried to stop them. When they did not stop and instead fired at the policemen, the latter shot back and the youths were killed in the crossfire.”


