The Commissionerate police on Tuesday busted a gunrunning racket by arresting three persons, who were planning to supply firearms to criminals in Cuttack city.
The accused were identified a Sujit Swain, Saubhagya Jena of Jagatsinghpur district and Dibyaswarup Sahoo of Khordha.As per reports, a special team of the Lalbag police station led by IIC RN Bhanja managed to nab three illegal arms suppliers from near the Trishulia bridge.
Five firearms including three 9mm pistols and 30 rounds of live bullets were seized from the accused during frisking, Cuttack DCP Prateek Singh said Sujit is a hardcore criminal and is involved in 15 cases including murder, dacoity and other crimes registered at various police stations across the State. He was earlier booked under the National Security Act (NSA) in Jagatsinghpur in 2019 as well.
Several criminal cases are also pending against Sujit and Saubhagya. “We are trying to ascertain the source of procurement of these firearms and to whom they were planning to supply,” said the DCP.