MEERUT, Oct. 3 -- Police have arrested two men wanted in connection with the murder of a woman in Meerut district's Hastinapur area last month following an encounter near the Mawana-Hastinapur border, officials said on Saturday.

During the encounter on Friday night, one of the accused identified as Shivam alias Shubham alias Bhagat alias Barvi, 28, sustained gunshot wounds to both legs and was subsequently sent to a hospital, they added. His associate identified as Koshendra alias Gullu, 26, initially managed to flee but was later arrested.

According to police, the accused opened fire at a police team during checking near a culvert and one of them was injured in the retaliatory police firing. Police said a .315-bore country-made pistol,...