BATHINDA, July 3 -- A notorious criminal, Daljit Singh alias Sikander, suffered a bullet injury when he opened fire at the Moga police party in a bid to escape on Wednesday.

Sikander and his accomplice Arun Aanda are in the custody of the Moga police in the murder of Shiv Sena leader Mangat Rai alias Manga.

Manga was shot dead in Moga in March this year, and the crime was recorded on a CCTV camera installed in the residential area.

The accused were arrested early this week from Himachal Pradesh, and on Wednesday, they were taken by a police team to Singhawala village in Moga for the recovery of weapons used in the crime.

Superintendent of police (SP) Bal Krishan Singla told reporters that the accused took out the hidden .32-bore pisto...