The UP police on Sunday claimed to have solved the case relating to the gangrape and murder on the Bulandshahr-Jewar highway in May after four men were arrested after an encounter here.
The police got a tip-off on Saturday night that a gang of criminals were planning to strike near the Sabota underpass and it was the same gang that had committed the gangrape of four women in May this year, Senior Superintendent of Police, Gautam Budh Nagar, Love Kumar told reporters.
Police teams reached the site and after a shootout, arrested four men. One of the suspects suffered a bullet injury while two others managed to escape, he said. The four arrested have been identified as Ashok alias Raju, Rakesh alias Chun Chun, Deepak and Jai Singh.
The police also claimed to have recovered the jewellery robbed in the incident that allegedly took place on the intervening night of May 24-25 near Sabota village in Jewar.