Four suspected cow smugglers entered the National Security Guard (NSG) camp at Manesar on Monday night and fired several rounds at security personnel on the premises.

They also broke through two police checkpoints at Tauru and Kherki Daula before entering the camp through the main gate.

"As soon as the smugglers broke through the barricades, we alerted NSG. They fired more than three rounds at NSG commandos deployed at the gate. The commandos also fired in retaliation and the attackers escaped into the Aravallis by jumping over the wall," said a police officer.

The incident took place on Monday night around 8 pm when the four smugglers, who are yet to be identified, hit a police barricade on Tauru-Navrangpur road under Kherki Daula police station. They were driving a Tata 407.

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Police tried to stop them, but they did not stop, following which cops gave a chase. When they reached Manesar around 9 pm, they left the vehicle in a nearby field and scaled the wall of the NSG compound.

The smugglers, realising that they had entered a prohibited zone, started firing after NSG commandos raised an alarm. With more NSG commandos joining the gunfight, they sensed trouble and escaped in the dense Aravalli forests.

Police suspect that they belong to the infamous cattle smuggling ring of Mewat. They have seized one cow in the Tata 407. Police registered two cases at Kherki Daula and Manesar police stations. They were booked for wrongful entry and attack on NSG commandos.

"We have filed two separate FIRs in the case - one in Kherki Daula police station and the other in Manesar police station under relevant sections of IPC including Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardan (HGSG) act," said DCP (south) Ashok Bakshi.

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