Summary:
"They had abducted Rana on August 2 and demanded a ransom of Rs 2 lakh from his family. The two criminals later succumbed to bullet injuries in Saharanpur district hospital on Sunday morning, police said.With the latest killings, the death toll in encounters in UP has gone up to 64 since March 2017. They had abducted traders Hafiz Usman and Arshad in the last week of August. Two criminals, a sub-inspector and a constable of the Uttar Pradesh Police suffered gunshot injuries in the encounter. So far in Meerut zone, 1,673 criminals have been arrested and 40 have been gunned down by police in more than 800 encounters..