India, Jan. 30 -- Three men arrested for kidnapping Jamshedpur industrialist Kairav Gandhi were injured after one of them allegedly snatched a carbine from a policeman and fired in an attempt to flee custody late on Thursday, police said on Friday.

Police said the three were being taken to a bush near the Jamshedpur's Sai Temple, where they had confessed to having hidden firearms. "When a police party took them to the site, one of them snatched the carbine and tried to flee by opening fire. Police fired back in self-defence. Three kidnappers sustained bullet injuries in their legs and are undergoing treatment at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital in Jamshedpur," said senior police superintendent Piyush Pandey.

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