Punjab Police on Friday recovered six pistols, including two foreign-made, from different locations pinpointed by two jailed gangsters. The recovered pistols include one Austrian made 9 mm Glock pistol, one made in China CF-98 pistol and along with four country-made .315 bore pistols with 12 live cartridges.
Sharing details, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Ropar Range-cum-Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that Taranjot Singh alias Tanna was nominated as accused in case under sections 384, 120 B, and 25/54/59, dated July 29, 2022, of Police Station, Sirhind.
“Upon his interrogation, it was revealed that Tanna had received consignment of 11 sophisticated weapons smuggled from across the border by Pakistan-based ISYF chief Lakhbir Singh Rode alias Baba, of which the Police had recovered nine weapons and two are still with him,” he said, adding, “Following this, one CF-98 pistol and two .315. bore pistols were recovered from his friend’s house in Lopoke, Amritsar”.
Fatehgarh Sahib Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dr Ravjot Grewal said that on disclosure of Taranjot Tanna, the Police have also brought another gangster Jaspal Singh alias Jassi from Kapurthala Jail and recovered the remaining Glock pistol along with two-country made pistols from a his associate Laadi’s home from Hoshiarpur.
She said that with this recovery, the CIA Fatehgarh Sahib team has managed to recover the entire chunk of the weapon consignment sent by Lakhbir Rode from Pakistan.