Punjab Police Bust Arms Supply Module With Suspected Overseas Links
Police are tracing alleged links to handlers in the Philippines and the UAE after finding the pistols were sourced in Madhya Pradesh.
Overview
- Ajay Kumar of Jalandhar was arrested in Kapurthala district and a 17-year-old accomplice was detained, with five country-made 7.65 mm pistols seized.
- Acting on intelligence, officers first recovered one pistol from Ajay Kumar, then recovered four more from the juvenile during follow-up action.
- An FIR under Section 25 of the Arms Act was registered at Sadar Kapurthala police station, and investigators are mapping forward and backward linkages.
- The preliminary probe indicates the weapons were bought from an unidentified supplier in Madhya Pradesh for about Rs 87,000 and were intended for firing and extortion.
- Police flagged ongoing overseas enforcement efforts, citing the new OFTEC unit and the separate detention of wanted gangster Amritpal Singh at the Moldova border on an Interpol Red Notice.