Three country made pistols including two single shots and one 9 mm along with some cartridges were recovered from the backside of a house kept under a heap of sand in the middle of the town city of Hazaribagh. On information, police reached the spot and seized the weapons.
Officer-in-charge of Lohsigna police station, Ashok Kumar said they were probing into the matter.
Sources said the weapons were recovered from the house of Manoj Kumar, a municipal corporation employee..
They said maid servant of the house, Kamla found the weapons while cleaning the backyard of the house. The weapons were kept in a cement bag.
The Police told The Pioneer that the pistols were kept recently as they found oil all over the weapons. The officer in charge said they were investigating if the pistols are in proper condition or not. He said owner of the house Manoj Kumar has a clean image and his brother-in-law is a police officer posted in Ranchi. “We are verifying all facts beside probing as to who kept the pistols there and what was the motive,” he added.
SDO action: New Sadar SDO Megha Bhardawaj caught 74-overloaded coaltrucks near Phatha chowk on Hazaribag-Barkagaon road. Bhardawaj led the team which reached the place at 10PM on Sunday and remained there till 6 this morning.
Documents of the trucks were checked and process was started to slap fines on each of the defaulters. Bhardwaj said they will leave the trucks after collecting the fines.
Today Bhardwaj also conducted a raid at Jai Prakash Narayan Central Jail but nothing objectionable was recovered. She said the raid was conducted on instruction of higher officials.