Amritsar: The Counter Intelligence (CI) Wing of Amritsar police has arrested two residents of Amritsar’s Kaulowal village for the possession of eight sophisticated weapons.
In a release issued here on Saturday, director general of police (DGP), Punjab Gaurav Yadav informed that CI, Amritsar arrested Jagjit Singh alias Nikku and Gurwinder Singh alias Gandhi while they were waiting to receive a consignment of weapons smuggled from Pakistan from another operative. The CI team recovered a consignment of sophisticated weapons, including four glock pistols (Austria-made), two Turkey-made 9mm pistols and two X-Shot Zigana .30 bore pistols, and 10 cartridges, from their possession.
Yadav said following a tip-off, the CI team, in an intelligence-led operation, laid a trap and arrested Jagjit and Gurwinder from Nurpur Padhri near Gharinda in Amritsar when they were waiting for someone to deliver the consignment. The DGP said that CI Amritsar has also identified the main kingpin of this module and several teams have been constituted to apprehend him. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the kingpin of this module was in contact with Pakistan-based weapon smugglers via encrypted apps, he said, adding that further investigations were under way. A case under Section 25 of the Arms Act and Section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered against the accused at State Special Operations Cell (SSOC), Amritsar police station.