Ghaziabad, Aug 25 - Over half a dozen men opened indiscriminate fire on policemen outside Hapur railway station near here Tuesday afternoon in a bid to free two undertrials being taken to Amroha town in western Uttar Pradesh to produce them in court, officials said.

Three police constables were taking the duo, Chandraveer and Pintu Khateek, who have been booked for nearly a dozen cases of loot, kidnapping and other crimes. They were lodged in Bulandshahr district jail.

Bulandshahr is 125 km from Amroha town and 350 km from state capital Lucknow.

'They were being taken to Amroha district court when the incident took place,' Ghaziabad senior superintendent of police Akhil Kumar told IANS.

The men first threw red chilli powder on the cops and then started firing, he added.