Arms supply gang busted; 3 arrested

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Ludhiana: Khanna Police , on Thursday, claimed to have busted an inter-state arms supply gang with the arrest of three of its members. Police also recovered nine country-made weapons and magazines from them. The arrested accused have been identified as Palwinder Singh of Amritsar district, Ramandeep Singh of Dhaipai village in Jodhan of Ludhiana and Ravi of Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh.

Khanna SSP Ashwini Ghotial said that on Nov 8, police arrested Palwinder and Ramandeep at a checkpost near a mall on GT road and recovered two weapons from them. She added that police had registered a case under relevant sections of the Arms Act against the accused. The SSP said that during investigation, it came to fore that the accused used to buy weapons from Madhya Pradesh.



After in-depth investigation, it was found that Ramandeep procured the weapons from Ravi, who was nominated in the case. On Nov 11, police arrested him from Khargone and recovered seven .32 bore pistols and seven magazines from his possession.

tnn We also published the following articles recently Khanna police arrests three members of inter-state arms supply gang Police in Khanna, Punjab have apprehended three individuals allegedly involved in an interstate arms smuggling operation. The suspects, identified as Palwinder Singh, Ramandeep Singh, and Ravi, were found in possession of nine locally manufactured firearms and ammunition..