In a big blow to the TPC arms supply chain, the Police have arrested two arms suppliers with a Carbine and hundreds of live bullets to be used in AK-47 in a Maruti Van from Chowki Tand area under Budhmu Police Station. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kuldeep Dwivedi said on Saturday that the suppliers were arrested on a tip-off which suspected one such movement on Friday evening.
“We had received information that two persons were to carry arms and bullets from area to a banned extremist organisation called Third Preparatory Committee (TPC). A team comprising Mandar Police Station In-Charge Ram Narayan Singh and Budhmu Police Station In-Charge Rakesh Ranjan along with armed police forces under leadership of Khelari Deputy Superintendent of Police (Dy SP) Purushottam Kumar Singh was formed which nabbed the suppliers,” said the SSP.
He added that the team came across a white Maruti Van at Rai Budhmu Road of Chowki Tand under Budhmu Police Station. Two persons were arrested from van who were carrying one domestic made Carbine, 212 live bullet of 7.62 mm used in AK-47, and 29 live bullets of 9 mm apart from the van itself.
He said that the suppliers have ben identified as Shahid Ansari and Arif Iqbal Ansari. “Shahid Ansari, son of Sajjad Ansari who hails from Siladona village under Tupudana Police Station has already been history sheeted in one another case. However, backgrounds of Arif Iqbal Ansari, Son of Yasin Ansari from Village Mahuakhura under Budhmu Police Station have are being examined,” said Dwivedi.