India, June 8 -- A 26-year-old man, wanted for allegedly snatching a gold chain from a 20-year-old man in Greater Noida's Nawada village on June 1, was arrested following a brief gunfight on Saturday night, police said on Sunday, adding that his condition is critical.

Police identified the suspect as a resident of Site-5 in Kasna, Greater Noida.

According to the police, on June 1 when the victim, Jitendra Kumar, 20, a resident of Nawada was strolling outside his home after dinner, two unidentified men on a bike approached him from behind, and the pillion rider snatched away his gold chain.

A case under Section 303 (theft) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered against the unidentified suspects at Beta-2 police station on June 2 ...