Arms smugglers’ gang: Day after, investigations on to establish variety of weapons smuggled to this point
PK Jaiswar
Amritsar, February 7
A day after the arrest of three armed smugglers, together with a jail inmate, investigations have been on to establish the variety of weapons smuggled by them to this point. The accused was concerned in throwing prohibited materials, together with cell phones, contained in the Excessive Safety Jail complicated.
The anti-gangster pressure of town police had busted an inter-state gang of weapon smugglers and confiscated three country-made pistols and two dwell bullets from their possession.
These arrested have been recognized as jail inmate Mukesh Kumar, who initially hailed from Haizpur in Bihar, Sukhchain Singh and Jobanjit Singh, each residents of Majitha.
Throughout preliminary probe, it was discovered that Mukesh, who was a homicide convict, was languishing within the Amritsar Central Jail. The police additionally confiscated a cell phone from his possession on the disclosure of Sukhchain Singh and Jobanjit Singh.
Sukhchain got here involved with him within the jail after they deliberate to smuggle country-made weapons to Punjab after popping out on bail.
“Throughout probe, it got here to mild that the Mukesh was working the arms smuggling community from contained in the jail. Sukhchain and Jobanjit have been additionally concerned in throwing cell phones and different prohibited materials contained in the Excessive Safety jail complicated,” mentioned Mukhwinder Singh Bhullar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Investigations).
The police have been additionally making an attempt to establish the accomplices of Mukesh Kumar who helped the duo – Sukhchain and Jobanjit – in buying the weapons.
Seized objects
The anti-gangster pressure of town police had busted an inter-state gang of weapon smugglers and confiscated three country-made pistols and two dwell bullets from their possession.