Gurugram, February 18 Shots were fired and two police officers were nearly run over by a car during a confrontation with a wanted criminal on the KGP Expressway, an officer said on Wednesday.
The incident took place on Tuesday night at the Palwal cut on the Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal (KGP) Expressway.
The police said sub-inspector Manoj, in charge of the Manesar Crime Branch, had received information that a criminal wanted in dozens of cases would be using the expressway, coming from Uttar Pradesh.
A barricade was set up at the Palwal cut to intercept Khalid, the alleged criminal from the village of Bawala in Nuh.
During the night, a white Mahindra Scorpio-N appeared on the expressway. The police signaled the driver, whom they said was Khalid, to stop. Instead, he opened fire at the police officers and attempted to run them over.
Head Constable Harish fired a warning shot, but the car sped away, the police said.
Harish and another police officer, Kuldeep, were hit by the car and sustained injuries, an officer said.
"An FIR has been registered. Khalid is an organised criminal and a proclaimed offender from the Sohna court. The accused have been identified and will be arrested soon," Sanjay Kadiyan, the spokesperson for the Palwal police, said.
According to the police, Khalid is named in dozens of cases, including attempted murder, robbery, and dacoity.
