India, Nov. 6 -- Three suspected criminals were killed in an exchange of fire with police in Patna's Maner locality on Friday, while an officer had a close shave as a bullet grazed his uniform, a police officer said.

Patna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kartikeya Sharma said the incident took place in the Sherpur region of Patna district when a joint team of the Special Task Force (STF) and district police was out on a patrol.

"Upon receiving information that some people with previous criminal records had assembled there to carry out a crime, they rushed to the spot and were faced with indiscriminate fire. The SHO of Maner police station and his team retaliated and injured three of the accused," the officer told reporters.

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