Sangrur, Feb. 24 -- Police have arrested a gangster after a shootout on Nadampur Road in Sangrur's Bhawanigarh. The accused, identified as Maninder, sustained a bullet wound to the leg before being taken into custody.

According to police sources, Maninder, who hails from Mohali, was in the area with the intent of carrying out a target killing allegedly under instructions from a jailed gangster.

Superintendent of police (divisional) Palwinder Singh Cheema said that authorities had received intelligence about an armed group planning a target killing in the area. "Acting on the tip-off, a police team went to intercept Maninder who resisted arrest and opened fire on the officers. One bullet narrowly missed an officer. In retaliation, the po...