PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 8 -- Two people were arrested, on Sunday night, during an encounter near Banshi Ka Bagh in the Kada Dham region in connection with the gangrape and murder of a teenage girl. Her body had recently been found near Bhola Chauraha in Saurai Buzurg village, under the Kada Dham police station limits of Kaushambi district, said police on Monday.

Investigations had confirmed that she was gangraped and then murdered.

Both accused sustained gunshot injuries to their legs during the exchange of fire with police and are currently undergoing treatment at the medical college. They will be formally charged once their condition stabilises, police said.

According to the superintendent of police Rajesh Kumar, the accused have been ident...