Prayagraj: On the third consecutive day, Kaushambi police on Sunday seized a huge cache of weapons including four licensed 0.12 bore DBBL, four licensed 0.12 bore SBBL, three rifle of 0.315 bore, one rifle of 0.30 bore, four country made pistol of 0.12 bore, three country made pistol of 0.315 bore, one half made rifle of 0.12 bore, one 0.32 bore revolver, 153 cartridges of different bores, three knives and one sharp edge weapon during a search operation at villages Purkhas and Yusufpur.
Police have also detained nine persons including Mohd Anas of Purkhas, Akhtar Hussain of Yusufpur, Nawah Ashraf of Bharwari, Hamidul Gufran of Purkhas, Daniyal Karim of Saray Akil, Eshanul Karim of Saray Akil, Ajeet Pratap Singh of Fakirabad, Satish Vishwakarma of Purkhas and Nafees Ahmad of Saray Akil. SP (Kaushambi) Brijesh Kumar Srivastava told TOI, “Several police teams have carried out series of raids at house of absconder Abdul Kavi’s sympathizers and close associates and seized huge cache of weapons and cartridges.” He added, “These persons have been detained by cops on charges of offering shelters to absconder”. SP claimed that there were many licensed weapons which were not in possession of genuine license holders.
Police have also detained nine persons including Mohd Anas of Purkhas, Akhtar Hussain of Yusufpur, Nawah Ashraf of Bharwari, Hamidul Gufran of Purkhas, Daniyal Karim of Saray Akil, Eshanul Karim of Saray Akil, Ajeet Pratap Singh of Fakirabad, Satish Vishwakarma of Purkhas and Nafees Ahmad of Saray Akil. SP (Kaushambi) Brijesh Kumar Srivastava told TOI, “Several police teams have carried out series of raids at house of absconder Abdul Kavi’s sympathizers and close associates and seized huge cache of weapons and cartridges.” He added, “These persons have been detained by cops on charges of offering shelters to absconder”. SP claimed that there were many licensed weapons which were not in possession of genuine license holders.