India, May 7 -- Two men suspected of illegally transporting cattle sustained bullet injuries in a police encounter in Haryana's Nuh on Thursday morning after they allegedly fired at personnel at a checkpoint when ordered to stop, an officer said.

According to police, specific inputs were received that two suspects, residents of Ghata Shamshabad under Ferozepur Jhirka Sadar police station, were transporting cattle in a pickup vehicle for "illegal slaughter" and were likely to pass through a checkpoint towards Rajasthan.

Acting on the information, a Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) team set up a blockade on the Tauru Road, and when the suspects were spotted in a pickup vehicle and signalled to stop, the driver allegedly rammed into the ba...