Meerut, Nov. 13 -- Police on Friday arrested two men wanted for allegedly shooting a member of the President's specialised security service and attacking his brother following a dispute over bursting crackers on Diwali night in Baghpat district.

One of the accused, Dheeraj, sustained a bullet injury to his leg during an encounter with police in the wee hours of Friday, while his associate, Monu, was arrested during a search operation in a nearby forest.

A reward of Rs.10,000 each had been announced for information leading to the arrest of the two accused.

The incident took place in Gopalpur Khadana village under the Ramala police station area. Saurabh Tomar, a security personnel deployed at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi, had come to his ...