Chandigarh, Oct 31 (PTI) A police team on Friday arrested five alleged criminals in Rohtak district during a routine patrolling duty and foiled a bid to target the garment shop of a businessman.

According to police, at about 5:10 am, a team of Crime Investigation Agency (CIA-1), Rohtak, was on patrolling duty in the Sadar police station area when they saw five people in a car moving around in a suspicious manner on the Jassia to Dhamar road.

As the police team approached them, the armed accused fired multiple bullets at the police personnel.

In retaliation and self-defence, the police personnel also returned fire, and one of the alleged criminals sustained a bullet injury on his right leg, police said.

All five accused were subsequently nabbed, and a country-made pistol, three cartridg

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