GURUGRAM: A "wanted criminal" was arrested from Gurugram-Taru Road after an encounter with police on Wednesday, officials said.

Saurabh alias "Sandu", 24, a resident of Kheri Bura village in Haryana's Charkh Dadri district, was wanted by the state police in six cases, including murder and robbery, he said.

He opened fire on the police team near Bar Gurjar village. Officials said he was shot in the leg in retaliation.

He said that a motorcycle, a pistol and five cartridges were seized from him.

According to ACP (Crime) Varun Dahiya, upon receiving information about his activity, a barricade was put up on the road and when the police team tried to stop him, he opened fire on him.

Officials said the encounter took place around 5:40 am.

He said that on June 16 last year, the accused, along with his associates, had shot dead two people and injured another at a liquor shop near Panchgaon Chowk here.

The officer said he was also wanted in a murder case in Haryana's Rohtak district.

Cases are registered against Saurabh in police stations of Dadri, Jhajjar, Gurugram and Rohtak districts.