They were, however, caught subsequently lynched. While one of them was lynched about 50 yards away from the cloth shop, the other was lynched about 50 yards east of the Pirbahore police station on Ashok Rajpath.

The police recovered two pistols and more than a dozen bullets from near the bodies of the slain criminals. With this, five criminals have been lynched in the state capital during the last 48-hours.

Two criminals were earlier lynched in Kurji Balupar locality, about one km from Rajiv Nagar, while they were fleeing with cash looted from a flour mill owner Mukesh Kumar on Thursday afternoon.

Truck stolen: A truck bearing registration number MH-04-BG 4847 was waylaid and stolen from National Pump, Hajipur, by unknown criminals. The truck, which was carrying Cadbury chocolates worth Rs 18 lakh, was dispatched from the company's factory located at Induri, Pune, for delivery to the company's godown at Shalimar Cold Storage, Anisabad.

A case has been lodged with the Hajipur Industrial Area Police Sation. Motorcycle stolen: A LML Freedom motorcycle was snatched at gun point by two criminals near Ansiabad Mor on Saturday afternoon. Police said the criminals left their own Hero Honda motorcycle at the spot and escaped with the looted vehicle.