India, June 25 -- The Gurugram Police's crime branch on Wednesday said it arrested a wanted alleged criminal after an exchange of fire near Sahrawan village along the Delhi-Jaipur expressway in Manesar on Tuesday night.

Sandeep Kumar, the Gurugram Police public relations officer, said the suspect, Kaushal, was on the run. Kaushal faces eight cases of murder, extortion, and kidnapping.

"The crime branch received an input about his movement via the Delhi-Jaipur expressway...a Manesar crime branch unit intercepted him near Sehrawan at about 8.45pm on Tuesday. The suspect immediately opened fire on the raiding team, after which they had to fire warning shots asking him to surrender," he said.

Kumar said the suspect continued to open fire, ...