Kurukshetra, October 18: Police today arrested two gangsters wanted in over three dozen criminal cases including those of rape and murder in Punjab and Haryana.
Kuldeep Singh and Jasbir Singh were arrested after their motorcycle was intercepted by Pehova police but instead of stopping their vehicle they fired at the policemen, Kurukshetra SP K V Ramana told reporters here.
However, the policemen caught the duo after grappling with them for sometime, he said.
A country-made pistol, a live cartridge and a knife besides the motorcycle were recovered from their possession.
Ramana said the duo were involved in over three dozen cases of heinous crimes like rape, murder, loot, dacoity and extortion in Punjab and Haryana.
They have confessed that they had murdered Mahender Singh Rana, an Assistant Sub-Insepctor posted in Naggal in Ambala district of Haryana
–Agencies