'Pintu received a gunshot in his arm. However, one constable, Gyanendra Malik, also fired at the miscreants forcing them to escape. Malik claimed that one of them received a bullet in his leg but all of them managed to escape from the spot,' Kumar added.

Pintu has been taken to hospital and a hunt is on for the miscreants, he added.

The cops boarded a bus from Bulandshahr and were to board a train to Amroha from the Hapur railway station when the incident took place.

'Pintu is out of danger and the cops managed to prevent both of them from escaping,' Kumar said.