Wanted criminal Bhagirathi Pradhan alias Bhagu was nabbed in an exchange of fire with police at Tarakarja Chhak near the Pipili over-bridge in Puri district late on Thursday night.
Getting inputs about the movement of Bhagu , police laid a trap for him near the Pipli over-bridge. But sighting the cops, he fired at them in a bid to escape from the spot.
But in the retaliatory firing by the police team he suffered bullet injuries in his left leg and was subsequently nabbed.
The cops seized a 9 mm pistol, live ammunition, and a motorcycle from his possession Bhagu, a resident of Balighat under the Talabania police station in was shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack, after preliminary treatment at a hospital in Pipli.
He is wanted in more than 20 criminal cases including extortion, attempt to murder and illegal possession of arms in different police station areas in the district.