Police sources said that the incident took place when Subedar Yadav (45), Virendra (23) and Maniram Nishad (35) were returning from Ayodhya late on Saturday night. "Near Phooldeeh village on Gorakhpur-Lucknow national highway their motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle," they said.

Police sources said that the trio, who sustained serious injuries, were taken to the hospital where doctors declared them dead.

(With UNI Inputs)