India, March 19 -- Nuh police launched search operations to track down three suspected cattle smugglers who fled following an exchange of fire with the Tauru Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) on Tuesday morning. The encounter left three smugglers injured, while their three accomplices managed to escape under the cover of darkness.

According to police officials, intelligence inputs indicated that six members of the notorious Adwani gang were smuggling cattle using an unpaved route along the Gurnawat railway line toward Rajasthan. Acting on this information, the Tauru CIA set up barricades to intercept the smugglers' vehicle.

The police signalled the vehicle to stop at a checkpoint, but instead of complying, the smugglers rammed through th...