Police nab three with 4 pistols
The Amritsar Rural Police arrested three miscreants and recovered four pistols of .30 bore, six magazines and nine cartridges from their possession here on Tuesday.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Amritsar Rural, Charanjit Singh stated that a team led by SP (Detective) Harinder Singh along with the Crime Investigating Agency (CIA) in-charge got secret information that a member of a gang led by Prabh, who currently resides in Canada, made ransom calls and extorted money from people in Punjab. Three members of the gang — Simarjit Singh, alias Simar, Gursevak Singh, alias Sewak, and Paras Muhammad — gathered at the bus stand in Khurmania village.
Following the secret tip-off, the police raided the bus stand and nabbed them. The accused had gathered to make a seal of arms, claimed police officials. SSP Charanjit Singh claimed that the police recovered four pistols of 30 bore along with six magazines and nine live cartridges.
The police also recovered a scooter from them. The recovered scooter does not have any registration number plate. Senior police officials stated that investigation has been going on after the registration of a case under Section 25 of the Arms Act and Sections 111 and 308 of the BNS at the Gharinda police station against the accused persons.
SSP Charnajit Singh stated that after getting remand of the accused from the court, further investigation would be conducted. Apart from this, the forward and backward links of the accused are being thoroughly scrutinized and action will be taken against anyone whose involvement comes to light.
