Jalandhar, Feb. 7 -- A "wanted criminal" sustained a bullet injury during an encounter in Shahkot on Thursday afternoon, the Jalandhar rural police said. Senior superintendent of police Harkamal Preet Singh Khakh said the accused, identified as Sukhraj Singh, was wanted in multiple criminal cases, including an attempt to murder.

Khakh said that following a tip-off about the movement of the accused, a special team from the Shahkot police station, led by DSP Onkar Singh Brar, conducted the operation. "When the police team moved to arrest him, the accused opened fire to escape. The police team retaliated in self-defence, resulting in the accused sustaining a bullet injury in his leg before being overpowered and arrested," he said.

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