India, May 7 -- Two alleged members of the Bawariya gang, wanted in connection with a case of dacoity at a businessman's house in Mathura last month, were killed in a police encounter in the Surir area early Thursday, the police said.

The deceased were identified as Dharamveer alias Lambu and Rajendra alias Pappu, both residents of Rajasthan. Police said a reward of Rs.50,000 each had been announced on their arrest.

According to the police, the two were involved in the April 24 dacoity at the residence of businessman Ajay Agrawal in the Surir-Tati Gaon area. Following the incident, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Shlok Kumar had constituted multiple teams to trace the accused.

Acting on specific inputs, police teams laid a trap i...