LUDHIANA: In a major crackdown on Thursday, the Ludhiana Commissionerate Police arrested a key member of the Canada-based terrorist group, Lakhbir Landa Gang, after a brief encounter near Sahibana village in Ludhiana district of Punjab.

The man was wanted in a firing case registered at Police Station Division No. 2 in Ludhiana.

Police said the accused was critically injured in retaliatory firing and was taken to a hospital for treatment.