India, July 12 -- A gang of three burglars who met in Tihar jail and had been targeting Noida residential areas for the last one-and-a-half months, were arrested following a brief gunfight on Thursday night, said police on Friday.

Police said the suspects have been identified as Sanjiv Kumar, 29, a resident of Shahpur Jat in South Delhi; Aman Bagga, 29, a resident of Kapurthala in Punjab; and Sarvapal Singh, 54, a resident of Bahadurgarh in Haryana.

The suspects entered a society in Jalvayu Vihar in their car and targeted houses after finding locked houses.

"On Thursday night, we received a tip-off that the suspects were moving towards Noida Sector 35 area. On getting the information, multiple checkpoints were placed. When a suspicious...