India, Oct. 31 -- Haryana Police arrested five criminals after an encounter that left one of them injured in Rohtak district on Friday morning. The five were planning to target a local garment shop owner as part of an extortion racket.

The encounter took place at 5.10am when a team of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA-1), Rohtak, was on patrol duty in the Sadar police station area. "The team saw a car with five occupants moving in a suspicious manner on the Jassia-Dhamar road. Just as the police reached near, the occupants opened fire. The police retaliated in self-defence and one of the accused sustained a bullet injury on the right leg," a police official said.

All five were arrested and a country-made pistol, three cartridges, a sw...