The recovery, a result of continued efforts following the intense heat on terrorists, previously leading to the recovery of a cache in the Darhal area, includes pistols, magazines loaded with ammunition, hand grenades, and various administrative materials.
Two notorious criminals were arrested in a police encounter on Tuesday morning near Van Devi under the Sarailkhansi police station area, in Mau Uttar Pradesh, according to police.
According to the Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab, Gaurav Yadav, the arrested people have been identified as Rajbhupinder Singh (Bhinda) from Bathinda, Raman Kumar from Fazilka and Jagjit Singh from Kotkapura.
According to officials, two IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices), two hand grenades, pistols, cartridges, detonators and batteries were recovered from them.
In a statement issued by Doda Police, it was told that acting on specific information about a terrorist hideout, a joint search operation was launched by Doda Police and Army (04 RR) and the searching party busted a hideout in upper reaches (forest area) of Seoz Dhar Bhaderwah.
A total of 53 locations were raided during the day-long operation, which started early this morning. Pistols, ammunition, large numbers of digital devices and incriminating material, were seized during the raids that spanned the six States of Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, UP, Rajasthan, Uttarakhan
"The development came four days after AGTF in a pan-India operation had arrested three key shooters of Gangster Sonu Khatri after recovering three foreign-made sophisticated pistols of .32 bore from their possession. Accused Sukhman Brar was arrested from the Indo-Nepal Border, while he was
All the arrested persons are involved in at least five murder cases including Makhan murder cases, which took place in Nawanshahr in March 2022, besides, five cases of other heinous crimes including attempt to murder, Arms Act, carjacking and extortion.
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.
"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.