The Indian hockey team kicked off their Women's Asia Cup 2025 journey on a stellar note by defeating Thailand with a commanding scoreline of 11-0 in their Pool B fixture.
Two-time Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker, who won the 10m air pistol individual bronze at the Asian Shooting Championship 2025 last month, is ranked sixth in the category with 1988 points.
Preliminary investigation reveals the arrested accused, Harpreet Singh & Gurpal Singh, who earlier went to Malaysia, are linked with cross-border smugglers. On their disclosure, police recovered 2.02 kg of Heroin and two .30 bore pistols, according to the police.
The police officials have recovered five illegal weapons during the operation. The weapons include pistols (.32 bore), one pistol (.30 bore), and five extra magazines.
The team of Sarai Rohilla Police Station conducted a raid and seized six country-made pistols, 12 country-made pistols without screw, and raw material for more than 250 pistols.
The development came in less than a week after CI Pathankot had averted a target killing by busting a module of the same network with the four members, including two juveniles, and recovered two .30 bore star mark pistols from their possession, a release said.
India's Anish Bhanwala put up a brilliant performance to bag the silver medal in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol event at the Asian Shooting Championship 2025 on Wednesday, as per Olympics.com.
Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said preliminary investigations revealed that Amit Singh, along with his associate Gurpreet Singh alias Ginny, was in contact with Pakistan-based smugglers who were pushing consignments of weapons to disturb peace and harmony in Punjab.
The officials have apprehended four people, including two juveniles; meanwhile, two pistols and ammunition have also been recovered from their custody.
The two sharpshooters have been identified as Gaurav Singh alias Nikka (22) and Aditya Tiwari (19), who are residents of Faridabad. One pistol, four live cartridges, and a mobile phone have been recovered from their custody.