Washington, July 25 - An Indian American in Baltimore, Maryland has pleaded guilty to armed bank robbery in which he allegedly shot a teller in the hand and led the police on a long chase through four counties.

US District Judge William D. Quarles Jr. has scheduled a sentencing for Oct 15 for robber Anirudh Lakhan Sukhu, 42, US attorney for the district of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein said Friday.

Sukhu, who remains in federal custody, faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison for armed robbery; and a mandatory minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life in prison, consecutive to any other sentence, for using a firearm during a crime of violence.

According to his plea agreement, Sukhu met two conspirators -- Sharman Said and Omar Burnett -- on Nov 20, 2008 to plan a robbery of a Bank of America branch in Clarksville, Maryland.

They then rode to the bank in Sukhu's pick-up truck and entered, brandishing guns and announcing the robbery. Burnett brandished his handgun, vaulted the counter and demanded money from the tellers.

Sukhu, armed with a sawed-off 12 gauge shotgun, entered an office where a bank employee was hiding and ordered the employee to 'come out'.