Barrackpore (WB), Jan 13 (PTI) A security personnel was shot at as a gunfight broke out between the police and a suspected gang of robbers at a guest house on the outskirts of Kolkata on Friday, officials said.

Acting on a tip-off, police raided the guest house in Adyapith in Dakshineswar police station area in North 24 Parganas district, adjacent to the state capital, they said.

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Soon, a gunfight broke out between the two sides and a civic volunteer was shot in one of his legs, they added.

Three people were arrested and a firearm was seized, police said.

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Those arrested were allegedly involved in a robbery in the nearby Rahara area, they said.

An investigation is underway, police said.

The injured civic volunteer was admitted to a private hospital, they said.

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