India, June 4 -- A wanted criminal carrying a reward of Rs.5,000 was arrested after being injured in an exchange of fire with a crime branch team on Pataudi Road near Sector 93 early Wednesday, police said.

The suspect, a 23-year-old from Maraut village in Jhajjar, sustained a gunshot injury to his left leg and was shifted to Civil Hospital, Sector-10A, police said. At least 17 criminal cases - including murder, loot, dacoity, extortion, kidnapping and illegal firearms possession - are registered against him in Gurugram, other parts of Haryana and Delhi. He was wanted in a kidnapping-for-ransom case at Udyog Vihar police station, they added.

Naveen Sharma, ACP (crime), said the Palam Vihar crime branch unit received intelligence about t...