India, March 25 -- A 34-year-old man, evading arrest for over 40 days in an armed robbery case worth Rs.85 lakh in northeast Delhi's Shastri Park, was arrested after an exchange of fire with the central district police's special staff team near Rajghat in central Delhi in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.

The accused was identified as Ajay alias Kaliya. At least seven rounds of bullets were exchanged, of which one hit Ajay's left leg. A bullet also hit inspector Rohit Kumar's bullet proof vest. Kumar is in-charge of the special staff and was leading the raiding party, said deputy commissioner of police (central) Rohit Rajbir Singh.

"A loaded illegal pistol and a scooter used during the gunfight was recovered from Ajay. The scoote...