A suspected criminal carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 was arrested after an encounter with police in Vijay Nagar area here, a senior police official said.
Sunder, 35 and from Pilkhuwa town, was wanted in five cases of attempt to murder, killing and robbery, they said.
Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna said the encounter happened at around 8:15 pm near Akbarpur Bahrampur on NH-24. The man was on a bike, and when the police signalled him to stop, he opened fired on the police team.
The police officials there returned the fire in which Sunder was shot in his right leg, Krishna said, adding that Vijay Nagar SHO Naresh Kumar was also injured in the fire-fight.
Both Kumar and Sunder were being treated at a hospital.
A country-made pistol, knife and a few live cartridges were seized from Sunder, the official added.
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