Jalandhar, Dec. 20 -- Hours after two students of a private college sustained bullet injuries in their legs after being targeted allegedly by members of their rival student group, one of the assailants was apprehended following a brief encounter on Friday evening, police said. The accused has been identified as Lakhwinder Singh, alias Lakha, a native of Nawa Pind village of the district. He suffered a bullet injury in his leg during the police action and is under medical observation at a local hospital, officials said.

The police said a scuffle had broken out outside a petrol pump in Jalandhar's Kishangarh area between two student groups of a private college in Bidhipur during which Lakhwinder, along with his accomplice Nachattar Singh, ...