India, Nov. 14 -- A police constable sustained a bullet injury to his leg after a suspect allegedly opened fire at police personnel during an arrest attempt in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Friday.

The incident occurred near a closed private nursing home at Laik Bazar, under Santiniketan police station limits, along the Bolpur-Nanoor main road.

According to police sources, an officer and Constable Biswajit Das were travelling on a motorcycle while searching for the suspect when they encountered him near the nursing home.

When the personnel attempted to apprehend him, the suspect allegedly fired at them and fled. Das was rescued by personnel from Santiniketan police station and taken to Bolpur Sub-Divisional Hospital, where he is re...