India, June 3 -- A suspected cattle smuggler was injured while three others escaped after an exchange of fire with crime branch teams following a chase on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Nuh early Tuesday, police said.

Investigators said seven cattle, allegedly being smuggled from Haryana to Rajasthan for illegal slaughter, were rescued from a pickup van in which they had been tied cruelly. Police also seized the vehicle and recovered an illegal country-made pistol and an empty cartridge.

The injured suspect, a resident of Bhutkawas village in Rajasthan's Alwar district, was shot in the leg during the shootout and was admitted to Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati Government Medical College for treatment.

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