Chandigarh, Sept. 13 -- In a classic cat and mouse game that played out late Friday night, Mohali police tracked a firing case suspect to a petrol pump in Sector 52, Chandigarh, where he allegedly tried to run over a policeman before being shot.

But the drama did not end there as the suspect still managed to speed away and was tracked again only after he admitted himself to a hospital to get treated for a gunshot wound on his hand.

The suspect, identified as Manish, 30, a resident of Maloya, was being followed by the crime investigation agency (CIA) of Mohali police. The team had traced the vehicle he was travelling in through closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage while following the route taken by motorcycle-borne shooters after the...