India, June 2 -- The Ghaziabad police arrested a 30-year-old man in the early hours of Monday who allegedly raped and impregnated a 13-year-old girl, officials said, adding that he was nabbed following an exchange of fire.

The police said that the suspect was riding a scooter at the Sewa Dham Road near Loni Border when he was asked to stop during a police-check around 2.30am.

"He did not stop and opened fire at the police with an illegal weapon. When the police opened retaliatory fire, the suspect sustained a bullet injury to his leg. The police found that he was involved in raping the 13-year-old girl and also impregnating her for three months," assistant commissioner of police (Loni) Siddharth Gautam told HT.

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