Chandigarh, March 26 The Punjab Police announced on Thursday that they had broken up an interstate illegal weapons supply network with the arrest of two people from Uttar Pradesh.
The police's counter-intelligence wing in Jalandhar recovered 10 locally made pistols and 20 magazines from them, according to Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav.
The arrested individuals are Dalesh Kumar, a resident of Aligarh, and Amit Chahar, a resident of Agra, according to the DGP.
This development came almost a month after two Babbar Khalsa International operatives – Sukhwinder alias Sunny and Rawal – were arrested for procuring and placing three grenades and one IED near Balachaur on the instructions of their foreign-based handler, Jassi Kulam. The same IED was later used in the blast at the Nalagarh police station in Himachal Pradesh, officials said.
During the investigation, the two suspects were arrested in Mathura, where the initial recovery of five pistols and 10 magazines occurred from Dalesh Kumar's car.
Following his disclosure, an additional five pistols and 10 magazines were recovered from the Mathura-Palwal Highway, bringing the total to 10 pistols and 20 magazines, he added.
The DGP said that the arrests of the two accused from Uttar Pradesh have revealed that these two individuals were operating under the direction of foreign criminals based in Germany and the USA, who were supplying weapons to criminal gangs in Punjab.
Both were also involved in procuring weapons and carrying out firing for extortion at a travel agent's residence in Garhshankar on the instructions of foreign-based handlers, he added.
A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Arms Act at Police Station State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) in Amritsar.