Three held after encounter in southeast Delhi

Three suspected criminals were arrested after an encounter with police at southeast Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin area on Sunday afternoon, an officer said.

The bike-borne men were stopped by a police team at the Lala Lajpat Rai Marg and one of them fired three rounds while trying to escape. He was shot in the leg in retaliatory firing and has been admitted to a hospital, police said.

The team overpowered the other two after a brief chase, they said, adding that the arrested have been identified as Faizan (22), Salmaan (22) and Shuaib (21).

The team was deployed on the carriageway from Moolchand to Lodhi Road of Lala Lajpat Rai Marg following a tip-off, police said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal said at around 3.50 pm, police spotted the three suspects on a motorcycle.

When they tried to stop them by closing the barricades, Faizan got down from the motorcycle and started running.The other two tried to escape on the motorcycle, but both of them were chased by the