AK-47 seized in Begusarai, 4 held
Debashish Karmakar | TNN | Updated: Oct 24, 2018, 08:05 IST
Representative imagePATNA: A team of Special Task Force (STF) of Bihar police arrested arms smuggler Deepak Singh from Simha village under the Matihani police station area in Begusarai district and recovered an AK-47 rifle from his possession on Tuesday. Deepak’s father Ramsevak Singh and two of his associates – Praveen Kumar alias Toni and Chunchun Kumar – were also arrested.
The recovery of AK-47 rifle assumes significance as the National Investigation Agency has taken over investigation into the alleged smuggling of AK-47 assault rifles from Army’s Central Ordnance Depot at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh to Munger in Bihar and other states.
“Three live cartridges of AK-47, two of single barrel rifle and a country-made semi-automatic pistol were also recovered from Deepak’s possession,” sources said, adding that during interrogation, Deepak and other arrested persons revealed that the AK-47 rifle was handed over to them by Ajay Singh, a criminal.
Quoting Deepak’s statement, STF sources said Ajay was killed a couple of months back.
“Deepak was in touch with Maoists for selling the weapon for around Rs 5 lakh. The STF received intelligence input about Deepak’s plan to sell the rifle. He was subsequently arrested,” sources said, adding the STF commandos contacted Deepak posing as Maoists and arrested him.
The recovery of AK-47 rifle assumes significance as the National Investigation Agency has taken over investigation into the alleged smuggling of AK-47 assault rifles from Army’s Central Ordnance Depot at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh to Munger in Bihar and other states.
“Three live cartridges of AK-47, two of single barrel rifle and a country-made semi-automatic pistol were also recovered from Deepak’s possession,” sources said, adding that during interrogation, Deepak and other arrested persons revealed that the AK-47 rifle was handed over to them by Ajay Singh, a criminal.
Quoting Deepak’s statement, STF sources said Ajay was killed a couple of months back.
“Deepak was in touch with Maoists for selling the weapon for around Rs 5 lakh. The STF received intelligence input about Deepak’s plan to sell the rifle. He was subsequently arrested,” sources said, adding the STF commandos contacted Deepak posing as Maoists and arrested him.
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