3 from MP nabbed with 30 illegal pistols

Amritsar, April 16

Busting an interstate module of weapon suppliers, the Amritsar rural police have arrested three Madhya Pradesh residents and confiscated 30 illegal weapons from their possession. Those arrested have been identified as Crore Singh, Ram Singh Patwa and Chander Pal.

According to the police, the suspects used to supply weapons to different parts of Punjab, besides neighbouring states. The suspects were nabbed from Burhanpur district during a special operation. The arms seized included 25 .32 bore pistols, five .30 bore pistols and 32 magazines, besides an Alto car and a bike.

DGP Dinkar Gupta said acting on specific inputs, a police team from Amritsar rural led by Majitha ASP Abhimanyu Rana and DSP (Detective) Gurinder Nagra arrested Crore Singh and Chander Pal near the Burhanpur bus stand on April 10.

Ten .32 bore pistols and 10 magazines were recovered from their possession, while third suspect Patwa was nabbed near Gurdwara Badi Sangat in Burhanpur, along with 15 .32 bore pistols, five .30 bore pistols and 22 magazines.

Patwa said the consignment had been supplied to him by Rahul, an MP-based weapons manufacturer and smuggler, whose name has cropped up in similar seizures by the Punjab Police in the past six months. — TNS