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LUCKNOW: In a brazen show of strength that took place in the heart of the city during peak hours, two groups involved in the railway contract business wielded firearms at each other inside the northern railway divisional railway manager's (DRM) office on Friday noon.According to reports around 1pm railway contractors Surendra Kumar Kaliya and Rakesh Singh Rana reached the railway office to submit tenders documents of contract related to building platform at Jaunpur railway station. The two sides came face to face and warned each other against going ahead with the tender process. Within moments it became free-for-all fight and goons started hitting each other with rifle butts and firearms. Hazratganj police reached the spot and separated the groups. Both Kaliya and Rana had sustained injuries.Rana alleged that Kaliya had torn the tender form and the bank draft he was carrying. A cross case was registered at Hazratganj police station subsequently by the two sides against each other. TNN The two contractors owe allegiance to two controversial heavyweights from east UP. In the past too several brawls have been witnessed in the same DRM office.