Three arrested with two double-barreled weapons and one single-barreled weapon and 18 cartridges

Asansol.

The police of Kulti police station have scored a major success in the case related to illegal arms trafficking in Shilpanchal. Three persons were caught by the police with a double-barrel pistol manufactured by Das & Company, a double-barrel pistol manufactured by Bharat Small Arms Private Limited and an improvised indigenous single-barrel pistol with 12 rounds of 18 bores. The police did not find any documents related to these weapons among them. These three persons were working as guards with these weapons in a steel industry organisation. Which includes Prabhash Nonia, a resident of Dhemomen area of ​​Asansol South police station area, Gopal Keshari, a resident of Kendua Bazar area of ​​Kulti police station area and Sheikh Rafai, a resident of Nirsa area of ​​Dhanbad district (Jharkhand). The three accused were arraigned in court on Sunday under case number 469/24, Section 25(1B)(A) of the Arms Act, in the arms-related case registered at Kulti police station on September 5. The investigating officer, Sub-Inspector Sarojpati, appealed for a five-day police remand. After hearing arguments from both sides, the court rejected the bail plea of ​​the accused and granted three-day police remand. Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Sandeep Karra said that he had received information that many guards were working with illegal weapons in various industries in the area. Based on which this raid was conducted and three persons were arrested with illegal weapons. The police are investigating the possibility of Vicky Yadav being the supplier of these weapons. He is currently in police custody and the police team is working to recover more weapons.

It is to be noted that on September 5, the Kokovan police station arrested an accused Bablu Upadhyay alias Dharmendra from Kulti area in connection with a case registered on August 19 at Kokovan police station regarding illegal issuance of arms licences. Meanwhile, the Kulti police station arrested Vicky Yadav during a raid in the brick kiln area near Kendua market and found a country-made pistol from him. The Kulti police station accused Vicky and registered the case related to illegal arms. Vicky admitted before the police that he deals in arms. According to sources, Vicky told a lot of things to the police during the remand, due to which the police got this success.

An investigation was launched into the weapons of the gunmen assigned to the private industry, many of whom fled

There are guards from various security agencies deployed in almost all the industries located in Shilpanchal. These include general guards and gun guards. They are appointed by private security agencies. The salary of Gun Guard is much higher than that of regular guards. Security agencies appoint gun guards. For this, they are appointed only after seeing the gun licence and weapons and are deployed in various industries as per the need. The business of fake work licences and illegal weapons continues, which this time has been busted by the police. Scores of guards with illegal weapons and licences are deployed in the industries. The police are fully engaged in the investigation. According to sources, after this incident many guards left their jobs and went missing. The police have also started investigating their horoscope.

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