Three criminals were arrested following a brief exchange of fire with police in Mohali, officials said on Sunday.
One of the criminals sustained bullet injury in the incident, they said.
The three had come to a hotel at Baltana in Mohali’s Zirakpur area around 9 pm on Sunday to extort money from its owner.
However, a team of the Anti-Gangster Task Force of the Punjab Police had laid a trap at the establishment following a complaint registered last week.
Upon entering the hotel, the criminals saw the police personnel and opened fire at them. In retaliatory firing, one of the criminals got injured, they said.
A sub-inspector also sustained injury on his head after one of the criminals hit him with a weapon following a scuffle, said the officials.
The criminals were overpowered and arrested, said police, adding that they were sent there by one Ankit Rana, who is a member of the Bhupi Rana gang.
Talking to reporters, Deputy Inspector General of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said police had received a complaint of extortion on July 11.
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