3 gangsters arrested after brief gunfight in Kathua

Three gangsters were arrested after a brief gunfight with the police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Wednesday, officials said.

The accused were travelling on a motorcycle when they were intercepted by a police team for checking in the Lakhanpur area, officials added. The gangsters, who were coming from the Punjab border side, opened fire and tried to flee the spot.

The police fired warning shots and gave chase. The suspects lost control of their motorcycle and crashed into a roadside electricity pole near the Kidian Ghadiyal bridge, sustaining injuries, the officials said.

They were subsequently arrested and shifted to the Government Medical College Hospital, Kathua. One of the arrested men, identified as Murad Ali, is wanted in four cases registered in Kathua district, the police said.