Ranital (SunstarTV Bureau): Acting on a tip-off, a special squad of STF busted an inter-state illegal fire arms racket and arrested two criminals near Ranital, Bhadrak district on Wednesday.
The two accused have been identified as Rabindra Prasad of Munger from state Bihar and Biswanath Bisoi of Srikrushnapur hails from Balasore district.
During search heavy arms and ammunitions one five numbers 7 MM automatic pistols, 7 Nos Magazine and 7 numbers of live ammunitions were recovered from their possession.
In this connection STF PS case No.19 dated 05.05.2021 U/s. 25/27 Arms Act has been registered and further investigation is on.
Both the accused were arrested and will be forwarded to the court. Investigation is on.
Pertaining to mention here that in year 2020, drive against illegal arms & ammunitions have been conducted, STF has alone seized as many as 27 nos fire arms, 61 live ammunitions and arrested several criminals.