Chandigarh, May 20 -- Three gangsters with ties to foreign-based handlers Doni Bal and Mohabbat Randhawa were arrested by the operations cell of the Chandigarh Police after a late-night shootout on Monday near the Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT) in Sector 43, police said.

According to the police, five shots were fired. While the accused reported no injuries, one assistant sub-inspector (ASI) from the operations cell escaped a bullet injury due to his bulletproof armour.

The three accused-Ajay Pal Singh, 24, and Jobanpreet Singh, 18, both of Tarn Taran, and Prabhjot Singh, 19, of Gurdaspur-were arrested with sophisticated automatic weapons, including a Glock and a Zigana pistol. Police said five live cartridges were also recovered.

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