Chandigarh, March 2 -- An operative of foreign-based terrorist Goldy Brar and gangster Goldy Dhillon, arrested for an extortion racket, was shot in an exchange of fire after he tried to escape from police custody near Ghaggar bridge on Zirakpur-Ambala highway on Saturday.

The accused, Malkiat, a native of Rodala village in Rajasansi, Amritsar, sustained a bullet injury in the leg in the gunfight, and was shifted to the Mohali civil hospital for medical treatment.

Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said gangster Malkiat, alias Maxi, was an operative of Canada-based gangster Satinderjit Singh, alias Goldy Brar, designated a terrorist by the government of India.

He detailed that Maxi and his accomplice Sandeep were invol...