3 nabbed with illegal pistols, live cartridges

The police have arrested three persons for allegedly possessing illegal pistols in two separate incidents in the city as well as in the rural belt here.

Palwinder Singh alias Preet of Kang village in Tarn Taran was arrested by Khalchian police from Chhajalwadi village falling under Khalchian police station here. According to police, he was arrested by a patrolling team from near the school ground in Chhajalwadi village. He had a .32 bore pistol along with two live bullets. He could not produce any documents regarding the weapon. A case under the Arms Act was registered with Khalchian police and further probe was on to find his links.

Similarly, city police arrested Rinku alias Dana of Nehru Colony on 88-feet road and Lucky of East Mohan Nagar area on Chamrang Road with a .32 bore caliber pistol. The police also seized seven live cartridges of same caliber from them. They were arrested from a cremation ground on the 88-feet road. A case under the Arms Act was registered against them. A probe was on to find the source of the weapon and their links.