HYDERABAD: Hyderabad police arrested a suspected street criminal in injured condition in an encounter on Risala road in the limits of City police station here Sunday.
According to the police spokesman, a patrolling team of City police station signalled 3 persons riding on a motorbike to stop for checking.
However, he claimed, the suspects opened fire on the police in a bid to escape. One of them, later identified as Syed Bilal, sustained a gunshot wound in his leg during the exchange of fire, he told.
He added that Bilal was apprehended but his 2 accomplices escaped.The injured suspect was shifted to Liaquat University Hospital (LUH).
The spokesman said that the police were checking the previous criminal history of the suspect.