Ghaziabad, Aug. 22 -- A miscreant sustained a bullet injury after the police shot him in retaliatory fire during an encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Thursday night, police said.

As per Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Indirapuram, Abhishek Srivastava, the police had set up a checkpost on Thursday night and saw a man approaching on a motorbike. He was asked to stop and cooperate with the police; however, the miscreant tried to flee and fired on the police team.

He was later injured in retaliatory fire by the police officials and has been admitted to a hospital for further treatment. In a preliminary investigation, it was found that the miscreant was registered of theft and snatching cases in various police station...