SBS Nagar, Dec. 31 -- The Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (SBS Nagar) police have apprehended a criminal wanted in several cases of extortion and loot incidents at petrol pumps following an encounter near Banga on Tuesday.

The accused has been identified as Jalandhar's Sukhjinder Singh, who suffered bullet injury in one of his legs and is presently admitted to a local hospital.

Senior superintendent of police Tushar Gupta said the CIA teams of the district were tracking Sukhjinder movement after he tried to open fire at the owner of a garment store in Nawanshahr on December 28.

"The accused failed to fire at the shop owner after his weapon developed malfunction. During the course of investigation, it came to the fore that on December 27, th...