District Police of Haridwar found the Self-loading Rifle (SlR) along with five live cartridges ‘looted’ at Buggawala from Roshnabad area of the district as they were found lying near Subhash Chandra Bose’s statue in front of Vikas Bhawan on Thursday morning.
After some passers-by informed the Court Police Chowki that a rifle was found lying on Netaji Subash Chowk Court Police Chowki in- charge sub-inspector Deepak Kathait rushed to the spot with his team and took the SlR along with the five live cartridges in their possession. later, they were handed over to SIIDCUl Police Station of the Haridwar district for further investigation.
SIIDCUl Police contacted Buggawala Police and mentioned the SlR’s serial number which was later matched with that of the lost one. later, Buggawala Police have taken the SlR in its custody.
District police are still stumbling in the dark as to how the SlR stole its way to Roshnabad from Buggawala.
It should be mentioned here that an Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) jawan had lost his loaded SlR when he fell asleep while on night duty on Saturday. He was deputed at police post, Amanatgarh, near Buggawala police station area, Haridwar. Earlier, Garhwal Range IG/DIG Sanjay Kumar Gunjyal had declared a reward of Rs10, 000 for one who would identify the person who had stolen SlR.