Acting on a tip off, a team of Uttar Pradesh police reached Markundi forest area of Chitrakut, where it had a gunfight with Balkhadia gang. Two police constables Pushpendra and Kailash and a driver were injured in the encounter, IG (law and order) A Satish Ganesh said here.
He said that injured were rushed to the hospital where their condition was stated to be stable.
The gang led by the dacoit Sudesh Patel alias Balkhadia is said to be carrying a reward of Rs 6.25 lakh by UP and Madhya Pradesh police on his arrest.