Manoj Mauji, a notorious gangster who has several serious cases against him was Monday injured in cross firing with Punjab Police.Police sources said that Bathinda CIA staff had prior information that Manoj Mauji was in the area and they were on his lookout.
A resident of village Dyalpura in Bathinda district, Maji was spotted by the police in village Hubba along with two others on a bike. When the police tried to nab the three, they allegedly opened fire on the police.
The police sources said that they had to fire in retaliation and Manoj Mauji was injured in retaliatory firing while his two accomplices managed to escape. Manoj Mauji was nabbed and taken to a Bathinda hospital for treatment from where he has been referred to a hospital in Faridkot.