A gang of men who had planned a robbery fired at least three rounds at a police team in Jalpaiguri on Thursday early morning as the latter reached the locality during routine patrolling.

The police evaded bullet injuries. They are in search of the attackers.

Sources said at around 2 am, the miscreants reached in front of the shop-cum-residence of Manoj Shah, a trader, in Dinbazar, the largest marketplace in Jalpaiguri town.

Some of the gang members disembarked from the vehicle and broke the gate’s lock of Shah’s house.

A vehicle carrying policemen in plain clothes was patrolling the area. As they saw the other vehicle and some of the miscreants, a couple of them got down to inquire what they were doing in the area at that time.

“Seeing the policemen, the miscreants fired and fled the spot. They had planned a robbery but our men foiled it,” said Khandbahale, Umesh Ganpath, SP, Jalpaiguri.