Jammu, February 12 Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday recovered another pistol from the house of a hardened criminal who was arrested in the Samba district the previous day, the police said.
Police have arrested Ranju Choudhary, a resident of Jammu's Kathar village, along with a pistol, five rounds, and over 20 grams of heroin, from the Ramgarh police station on Wednesday, they said.
During the investigation, the accused led the police to his Kathar residence, and another pistol was recovered at his disclosure, a police spokesperson said.
According to the police, Choudhary is involved in multiple cases, including attempted murder, assault on a public servant, robbery, and other serious offenses under the Arms Act, registered at various police stations in the Samba and Jammu districts over the past six years.
The cases registered against him include four cases in Ramgarh between 2020 and 2024, three cases in Arnia between 2020 and 2025, and one case in Kahana Chak in 2024, the spokesperson said.
