Punjab Police arrests two ‘gangsters’ after brief encounter

The Punjab Police on Sunday arrested two gangsters, who were allegedly involved in two firing incidents, after a brief encounter near Rajpura in Patiala district.

The firing incidents took place on Saturday night — one at Rajpura-Patiala toll plaza and the other at a liquor vend in Rajpura, officials said.

The accused, identified as Deepak and Ramandeep Singh, were coming from Mohali when a police party intercepted them, but in an attempt to evade arrest, they opened fire at the police party, they said, adding one of the gangsters was injured in cross-firing.