Barnala, May 14 -- An aide of slain gangster Sukhdool Singh Gill, alias Sukha Duneke, was arrested following a police encounter near Vidhata village on the Barnala-Moga national highway early on Tuesday morning.

According to Barnala senior superintendent of police Sarfaraz Alam, the accused has been identified as Lovepreet Singh, also known as Jando. Acting on intelligence inputs, a police team led by station house officer (SHO) Jagjit Singh of Tallewal police station set up a checkpoint on the highway. Around dawn, a man on an unregistered Platina motorcycle approached the checkpoint and opened fire when signaled to stop.

"Police returned fire, injuring the suspect in the leg. During the exchange, two bullets were fired at the police, ...