Bokaro, April 2 -- Police in Bokaro dealt a major blow to the operations of Prince Khan, arresting seven members and injuring one during an encounter. He is believed to be hiding abroad, possibly in Dubai and Pakistan, as his gang tried to establish a reign of terror in the city.

According to the police, the encounter unfolded after police acted on information provided by one of the criminals to recover hidden weapons in the hilly area of Tandbali Deeh.

"During the recovery process, the arrested criminal, identified as Prince Gupta alias Prince Bhatia, thought he saw an opportunity to escape and used one of the weapons to attack the police. Fortunately, no police officer or staff member was injured. In retaliatory firing in self-defence...