Three land in police net with illegal weapons, cartridges

The Ludhiana rural police nabbed three persons and recovered illegal weapons and cartridges from their possession. After registering a case, the police launched further investigation to inquire about the purpose of possessing illegal weapons.

In the first case, the Sidhwan Bet police arrested Rajwinder Singh, alias Veeru, a resident of Girsian Khan Mohammad.

Investigating officer assistant sub-inspector Daljit Singh said during patrolling in the area, the police received a tip-off that the suspect was sitting at a cremation ground in Bhundri village and carrying an illegal weapon. The police conducted a raid and nabbed him. During frisking, they recovered a .315 bore countrymade pistol along with live cartridges from his possession. A case under the Arms Act was registered against the suspect and further investigation was launched.

The police would also inquire about the illegal weapon supplier, who had supplied the firearm to the suspect .

The ASI claimed that the man also had a criminal past as five cases, including of snatching, drug smuggling and other crimes, was registered against him in the past at Lohian Khas in Jalandhar district and Sidhwan Bet police station.

In another incident, the Jagraon City police arrested two suspects and recovered a countrymade pistol and two rounds from their possession. The suspects were identified as Arshdeep Singh Arsh and Sukhdeep Singh Deep, both residents of Akhara village, near Jagraon.

The SHO, Jagraon City, SI Amarjit, said during a patrolling on the Raikot road, the police received information that the suspects were possessing an illegal weapon and they had planned to commit some major crime with the weapon. They were travelling towards Raikot from Jagraon in their Maruti Baleno car. Accordingly, the police laid a naka at a strategic point where the vehicle was stopped for checking and illegal weapons were recovered from the suspects. They failed to produce any arms licence, hence, arrested by the police.

The SI said after registering a case, further investigation was launched to inquire about the crime the accused were planning to commit with the weapon. A case was registered against the suspects on Friday.