Punjab Police on Saturday said they have busted an interstate weapon smuggling module with the arrest of two Madhya Pradesh-based arms suppliers involved in large-scale illegal manufacturing and supply of weapons from M.P. into Punjab as well as other States.
Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said the arrested persons — Harpal Singh of Signoor village in Khargone district and Kishore Singh Rathore of Balwari village in Bharwani district in Madhya Pradesh — by the team of Counter Intelligence Jalandhar.
“The police teams have also recovered a cache of 17 pistols of .32 bore along with 35 magazines, from their possession. The preliminary investigations revealed that these weapons were meant to be supplied to criminal gangs associated with Jaggu Bhagwanpuria and Ravi Balachauria,” he said.
