Lucknow bank heist case accused gunned down

THE 2 DECEASED, AND 5 AIDES STOLE JEWELLERY, CASH WORTH CRORES FROM A U.P. BANK ON SATURDAY

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW: Two Bihar-based men, who along with five others allegedly looted a bank in Lucknow's Chinhat area late on Saturday night, were gunned down in separate encounters in Lucknow and Ghazipur in the early hours of Tuesday, state director general of police Prashant Kumar said.

The man killed in Lucknow was Chaargaon resident Sobind Kumar and the one shot dead in Ghazipur was identified as Sunny Dayal of Amaliya village in Munger district, the police chief said.