India, Jan. 29 -- An alleged criminal on the run was on Wednesday injured during an encounter with the police after being on the run since January 27 for attacking a woman on the streets of Guwahati on January 27.

According to the Guwahati deputy commissioner of police Mrinal Deka, the suspect identified as Jwel Khan was caught by a team of police in Hatigaon area of Guwahati around 1:30am on Wednesday, but he attacked the officials with a sharp object.

"He was accompanied by 3-4 men, and they attacked our officials with a machete, injuring two constables. The police fired at them in an act of self-defence. His accomplices, however, managed to flee," Deka said.

Khan sustained multiple bullet injuries in the lower part of his body and h...