Two police constables were injured in an encounter following which ten members of a gang were arrested, in Siddhartnagar district, police said today.
Police arrested the gang active in different districts of the state in an encounter late last night in Shenkhar area under Bansi police station area, police said.
Two constables, Mubarak and Devendra Yadav and two miscreants were injured in the encounter and have been admitted to Gorakhpur medical college hospital, they said.
The arrested gangsters admitted that they were active in Basti, Gorakhpur, Bahraich, Faizbad and Lucknow districts and used to kill those who resisted, police said.
Some weapons, looted cash and ornaments were recovered from their possession, police added.
