Araria, March 22 -- Three Special Task Force (STF) personnel and a robbery accused were injured in an encounter in Bihar's Araria district during an early morning raid on Tuesday.

Bihar Police said that the operation was conducted based on intelligence about wanted criminals involved in multiple bank robberies.

Araria Superintendent of Police (SP) Anjani Kumar said, "This morning, the STF carried out a raid based on specific inputs. Two accused attempted to flee and opened fire on the police. In the retaliatory action, one accused, Chunmun Jha, was injured and was sent for treatment, while the other managed to escape. Search operations are underway to apprehend him."

Three STF personnel sustained injuries in the crossfire and were also...