Noida: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday gunned down two alleged militants in an encounter at Noida, in Gautam Buddha Nagar district in the wee hours.
According to police sources the encounter which took place near Sector 97 they recovered two AK 47 rifles, two hand grenades and one bag from them.
Senior Superintendent of Police Navin Arora said that they had information that some persons were on their way from Ghaziabad near Lal Kuan in Maruti Van carrying arms and ammunitions on way to Delhi.
With the help of the Noida Police of Sector 39 and Sector 49, the ATS began chasing these persons and caught them near Amity Square.
In this encounter the alleged militants got injured and were taken to district hospital where they were declared dead.
One of the ATS sepoy Vinod Kumar was also injured. Police sources said that the two terrorists were from Pakistan and had plans to create tensions on the eve of Republic Day.
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