Four arrested with three foreign-made pistols in Amritsar

The Gharinda police have arrested four persons with three illegal pistols — an Austria-made Glock pistol and two China-made pistols from their possession.

They were identified as Karan Singh and Satnam Singh, both residents of area near Gurdwara Baba Jeevan Singh in Attari, Gulzar Singh and Rahul Singh, both residents of Bhuse village falling under the Sarai Amanat Khan police station in Tarn Taran.

Apart from three pistols, a police patrol party led by Sub-Inspector Jasdeep Singh also seized three mobile phones, a motorcycle and a moped from them, said Maninder Singh, SSP, Amritsar Rural Police.

Sharing details, he said the three suspects were standing just across the railway crossing gate located on the road going from Ranike to Muhawa border village. On seeing the police team, they tried to slip away. The police got suspicious and stopped them.

During search, the police seized two China-made mausers with .30 bore calibre each from Karan and Satnam Singh and a 9mm Austria-made Glock pistol was recovered from Gulzar Singh while no recovery was made from Rahul Singh. They could not produce any documents regarding the weapons seized. They also failed to answer the police’s queries.

Superintendent of Police (D) Harinder Singh Gill said a case under the Arms Act was registered against them and a probe was on to identify those who had handed over the weapons to them. “The weapons were apparently smuggled from Pakistan, but investigations are still in progress,” he said. The weapons were handed over to them by some other unknown persons whose antecedents were being verified, he added. The arrested accused did not have any previous criminal record, he added.