India, Aug. 10 -- A 24-year-old man wanted for attempted murder and assault was injured in an encounter with Faridabad Police's crime branch team at IMT Faridabad late Friday night, officials said on Saturday.

The suspect, identified as Bharat alias Bholu, originally from Kacheda in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, often took shelter in Friends' Colony, Faridabad, officials said, adding that he was carrying a Rs.5,000 reward announced by Haryana Police.

According to investigators, Bharat had been on the run for over a month following a violent attack on property dealer Sumer Nagar, 44, of Tigaon. Police said that Bharat and his associates assaulted Nagar over a dispute involving a plot of land, breaking bones in all four of his limbs...