The duo died on the spot late last night, they said.
The deceased were later identified as Pradeep Tewari (27) of Sherpur in Kheri and Sonu (28) of Banda in Shahjahanpur district, police said.
Pradeep was a known history sheeter having over a dozen cases of loot, murder, dacoity, goonda act, arms act, theft while Sonu was also reported to be involved in a number of criminal cases, they said.