Two most-wanted interstate drug smugglers and a policeman were injured in an exchange of fire with a crime branch team in Gurugram’s Sector 62 late Friday, police said on Saturday.
Shrikul was arrested at the spot after a chase. The other two suspects will be formally arrested after doctors declare them medically fit. “Crime branch sleuths chased and intercepted them almost after a kilometre when the suspects opened fire again.
Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said the Sector 65 crime branch team received information about three armed men planning to commit a robbery. Police recovered 136 grams of MDMA, a pistol, a country-made firearm, an empty cartridge and a motorcycle from the suspects.
Police said Marfat and Phool sustained bullet injuries to their legs, while the policeman sustained a bullet injury to his arm. “Acting on the tip-off, the team set up a checkpoint on the road from Nangli Umarpur to Sector 62 when the trio arrived there at 11pm but fled after opening fire on the police team as soon as they were signalled to stop,” he said. One of the bullets hit a police vehicle and another injured a cop,” he said. Investigators said the crime branch team retaliated, leaving Marfat and Phool injured. The suspects fired six rounds and the police fired three, officers said.
