Sangrur, October 16
The district police today claimed to have busted an interstate illegal arms supply racket with the arrest of two persons and recovery of two country-made pistols. The name of a serving Army man from UP has cropped up during investigations.
Those arrested have been identified as Pawan Kumar, a resident of Aligarh (UP), and Kulwinder Singh of Muktsar.
SSP Swapan Sharma said following a spurt in the supply of illegal weapons in the district and its surrounding areas, an SIT was formed under the supervision of DSP (D) Yogesh Kumar. “During a month-long investigation, the SIT busted the interstate racket. Pawan had made several trips to Punjab and supplied weapons in Amritsar and Tarn Taran areas. He was working for Chanchal Kumar, who is serving in the Army. We have arrested Pawan and Kulwinder and seized two country made pistols from them,” said the SSP.
Kumar was allegedly in touch with illegal arms manufacturer based in Madhya Pardesh (MP) and had several conduits who had been making trips to deliver country-made weapons to anti-social elements in the state, said the SSP. — TNS
Interstate arms racket busted, 2 nabbed with pistols in Sangrur
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