The Ghaziabad Crime Branch team on Tuesday arrested the six accused and recovered 20 lakh 50 thousand rupees. Illegal pistols and a scooter have also been recovered, said police.
India concluded their Baku World Championship campaign with a sixth gold and three more bronze medals to bolster their tally to six gold and eight bronze medals, placing them second currently in the medal standings. Tiyana, Sakshi Suryavanshi and Kirandeep Kaur combined to win the team gold
The Indian shooter emerged at the top of field of 50 shooters, scoring 577 points from 60 shots. South Korea's Gunhyeok Lee had to settle for silver with 574 points (17 X’s) while France's Kevin Chapon secured a bronze with 574 points (11 X’s), as per Olympics.com.
Punjab Police’s State Special Operation cell (SSOC), SAS Nagar has arrested a key operative of the Bambiha Gang after recovering one .30 bore pistol along with four live cartridges from his possession.
Indian shooters Shiva Narwal and Esha Singh clinched gold medals against Turkey at the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event in the ISSF World Championships on Friday.
"A huge cache of arms and ammunition including 5 AK Rifles, 7 Pistols, 4 Hand Grenades and other incriminating material has been recovered," they added.
China secured the gold medal with a total of 1,749 points and Germany got the silver with a total of 1,743 points. The ISSF World Championship 2023 is a qualifying event for the 2024 Paris Olympics, with 48 Olympic quotas up for grabs. The top four shooters in each of the 12 Olympic shooting
The Dubai Police Athletes Council signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UAE Modern Pentathlon Federation to foster cooperation in the realm of sports in five disciplines: épée fencing, 200-meter freestyle swimming, obstacle course, running, and laser pistol shooting.
The arrested accused has been identified as Lal Singh Chadhar, a resident of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh, and 21 illegal pistols of 0.32 bore each were recovered from his possession, police said.
A 43-year-old man was found dead in his house in Delhi's Vishwas Nagar, police said on Sunday, adding that a licensed pistol was found lying beside him.