Gurugram, Jan 2 || A crime branch team of the Gurugram Police arrested a notorious criminal and his two companions after a gunfight on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, police said.
The suspects have been identified as Arif (28), Arif alias Mandal (27), a resident of Palwal and Rashid alias Yusuf alias Kake (33), a resident of Nuh.
According to the police, Rashid was involved in 49 cases, including gang-related activities, murder, attempt to murder, robbery, attack on police team and ATM thefts.
Meanwhile, two cases of attempt to murder and cow smuggling have been registered against Arif alias Mandal and one case of cow smuggling has been registered against accused Arif, the police said.
Police said on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, crime branch teams of Farrukhnagar and Sohna received information regarding cow theft in a canter vehicle from village Ullawas in the Sector-65 area of Gurugram.
During the search, the police teams saw the canter near the Medwas village in which two cows were loaded. When the police team signalled the canter driver to stop the vehicle, the canter driver increased the speed of the vehicle and tried to escape.