Panchkula — Three suspected criminals were arrested after a shootout with police in the Raipur Rani area of Panchkula district late on Saturday night, in which two of the accused were shot and a police officer was injured in a knife attack, police said on Sunday.

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According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Amrinder Singh, police received information at around 6 pm on Saturday that three suspects were active in the Raipur Rani and Chandimandir areas, where a series of robbery and snatching incidents had been reported. Police set up checkpoints across the area and a crime branch team began patrolling.

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Nine rounds fired at the checkpoint, police say

Police say the patrol spotted three men riding a motorcycle and signalled them to stop. The men allegedly tried to flee and fired four rounds at the police team; officers returned fire with five rounds. In the exchange, two accused — Amitesh and Deepak, both residents of Ambala — were hit in the legs, according to police.

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The third accused, Lakhvinder, a resident of Kurukshetra, allegedly attacked a police officer — identified in one report as Head Constable Jaswinder — with a knife during the scuffle. All three suspects were overpowered and arrested at the spot, police said. These are police allegations; they have not been proved in court.

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The injured accused and the injured policeman were taken to the Civil Hospital in Sector 6, Panchkula, for treatment. Police said they recovered two pistols and the motorcycle from the spot. The operation was led by ACP (Crime) Aman Kumar with the crime branch team, according to reports.

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Police said all three accused have previous cases of robbery and snatching registered against them. Investigators are examining the recovered weapons, tracing the motorcycle and probing other cases linked to the suspects, and further legal proceedings are under way.

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