LUCKNOW: With seven more

leading to the arrest of 10

in the past 24 hours on Saturday evening, the

hit a strike rate of one ambush every three-and-a-half hours in the last three days.

UP cops had carried out 15 encounters in the preceding 48 hours. Cops arrested 34 criminals, most of them with

wounds, and shot two in last 72 hours.

DGP OP Singh said the encounters are part of

that is needed to keep law and order under control. He said a dozen policemen suffered injuries in these encounters.

Among the 34 criminals arrested and two killed, 14 carried

on their heads ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 50,000.