One held with illegal weapons, cartridges in Ludhiana

Ludhiana, September 16

The Crime Wing of the city police nabbed a criminal and recovered illegal weapons and cartridges from him.

The accused has been identified as Maninderjit Singh, alias Kukar, resident of Guru Nanak Dev Nagar, Daba. The police recovered two countrymade weapons (.315-bore gun and one air pistol), 10 cartridges of .315-bore gun and seven cartridges of .32-bore gun.

Additional DCP (Crime) Rupinder Kaur Bhatti, in a press conference, said acting on a tip-off, a raid was conducted on the Lohara road from where Maninderjit was nabbed.

During preliminary questioning, he admitted that he had bought the countrymade weapons from an illegal weapon supplier, Bunty, of Bareilly, UP, for Rs 20,000 in Delhi. Maninderjit has a notorious past as he is already facing four cases, including of murder, registered at various police stations, she added.

Maninderjit told the police that since he was a notorious criminal, he had enmity with some groups, so he had bought the weapons for his safety. — TNS