2 CRPF jawans held for arms supply to Naxals
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NEW DELHI, APRIL 30
The bullets used by the Maoists to kill 76 CRPF jawans in Dantewada might have come from the ammunition depots of CRPF and Uttar Pradesh police.
The UP Special Task Force (STF) on Friday busted a gang consisting of working and retired police personnel that was involved in supplying ammunitions from the police armory to the Maoists and insurgent groups active in various parts of the country.
STF sleuths nabbed two armourers Vinod Paswan and Vinesh Singh posted at CRPF group center, Rampur, a state police armourer Nathi Ram posted at Bhimrao Ambedkar police Academy, Moradabad and a retired armourer Yashoda Nand Singh based at Allahabad.
A huge cache of cartridges used in INSAS rifle, AK-47, .38 bore revolver, 9mm pistol and 7.62 bore SLR rifle was recovered from their possession. The policemen team also seized large quantity of empty cartridges.
The ADG (Law and Order), Brij Lal said after the killing of the CRPF jawans in an ambush by the Maoists in Dantewada (Chattisgarh) on April 6 the SSP, STF Naveen Arora was tipped off that ammunitions as well as parts of the firearms was being supplied to the Maoists and anti social elements by a person based in Allahabad.
Through electronic surveillance and with the assistance of the informers the STF team zeroed on Yashoda Nand Singh the kingpin running the ammunition racket with the assistance of CRPF and state police armourers. On Friday the STF team was tipped off that a person was arriving from Allahabad to Rampur to collect the consignment of the ammunition.
The STF sleuths nabbed Yashoda Nand Singh, Vinod Pswan and Vinesh Singh from near a flyover in Civil Lines area of Rampur located 400 km west of Lucknow. The police team seized 1658 cartridges used in INSAS rifle, 600 cartridges of .38 bore revolver, 2860 cartridges of 9 mm pistol, 4 cartridges of AK- 47 and 28 cartridges of 7.62 bore self loading rifle from the trio.
