India, June 23 -- LUCKNOW Two officers of Baroda UP Gramin Bank's Jaitipur branch in Basti were kidnapped on Saturday and released on Sunday after being robbed and brutally assaulted. The police arrested two prime accused in separate encounters on Monday evening.

The victims included branch manager Ravi Tiwari and field officer Rasik Bharti. According to an FIR lodged by the former, two duo was returning from work around 5:30 pm on June 21 when their car was overtaken near the Parsarampur route.

Four men on two bikes forced them to stop and drove them to a secluded cremation ground shed where they were held hostage overnight, it stated.

Police said the captives were assaulted and coerced to make UPI transactions. One officer transferre...