Jammu/IBNS/UNI: A probationary sub-inspector suffered critical injuries while one gangster was killed in a late evening shootout on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.

The shootout as per police sources was reported when a police team conducted raids on some wanted criminals in a murder case.

Police, however, in a message said that the firing incident took place at 10:35 PM between police and gangsters in Government Medical College Kathua.

In a shootout, they said that one PSI Deepak Sharma got injured and one gangster died.

Further details awaited, police added.