Faridabad, Nov. 12 -- A man facing nearly 20 criminal cases was injured in retaliatory police firing and arrested after allegedly opening fire at a Crime Branch team in Faridabad's Sector-58 area, police said on Thursday.
The accused, Vimal Thakur alias Sonu, originally from Chhapra district in Bihar and currently residing in Subhash Colony, Ballabhgarh, sustained a bullet injury to his right leg.
A police spokesperson said a team from the Uncha Gaon Crime Branch, led by Sub-Inspector Sunder Singh, was patrolling the Sector-58 Transport Nagar area when it received information that Thakur was carrying an illegal firearm and travelling on a stolen motorcycle.
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