Jammu: A suspected drug peddler was killed and another detained during a cross-firing with police in Jammu city, officials said.
A police team was chasing suspected drug peddlers, and as per preliminary reports, the team was fired upon under the Satwari police station this evening, a police spokesperson said.
In the cross-firing that followed, one unidentified person was injured and has been shifted to Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu, he said.
One drug peddler was killed in the cross-firing, a senior police officer said, adding that another was detained.
Senior police officers reached the spot, and further investigation is underway.