In a startling revelation in the arrested gangster Dhalsamanta brothers’ case, the Commissionerate Police said the carbines seized from the possession of the criminal siblings were manufactured at the Indian Ordnance Factory in Kolkata.
Commissioner of Police Yogesh Bahadur Khurania said forensic tests of the sophisticated weapons revealed that the weapons were manufactured at the Indian Ordnance Factory in Kolkata.
“We have sent a team of police officials to Kolkata for further investigation,” said Khurania.
It has now become necessary for the police to ascertain that how the weapons reached the gangster Sushil and Sushant Dhalsamanta brothers.
Police are now preparing a detailed report on the carbines seized from the possession of the brother duo.
Meanwhile, former Rourkela Municipality councillor Ashesa Mohanty alias Bulu was interrogated by the Chauliaganj police station for the second day.
He revealed that he had come in contact with Sushant Dhalsamant when both were lodged at the Rourkela jail in different criminal cases. later, he was introduced to Sushil, who assisted the former councillor to acquire a tender from Rural Development Department, sources said.