Srinagar: Two persons identified as Mohammad Danish son of Shamshad Ahmad and Nawshad son of Mohammad Yunus both residents of Bijnoor Uttar Pradesh were on Saturday arrested and arms and ammunition were recovered from their possession.
A police statement issued on Saturday said that both the detained were boarding a car but during checking, one Pistol and 20 rounds of ammunition were recovered from their possession.
Stating that during the intervening night of March 5 and March 6, a specific information was received by Kulgam Police from reliable sources that illegal arms and ammunition is being transported in a Santro car bearing registration number JK04-9750 which is coming from Banihal towards Qazigund, the police in it’s statement said “on receipt of this information, a joint checkpoint was established near Jawahar Tunnel by Kulgam Police, 9RR and 24Bn of CRPF and the said car was intercepted following which both the person were arrested and one Pistol and 20 rounds of ammunition were recovered from their possession.
“Both the accused persons were arrested besides the vehicle they were travelling by was also seized”, the statement reads, adding that “a case FIR No. 40/2021 under relevant sections of law stands registered in Police Station Qazigund and further investigation is in progress:”.
