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Chandigarh, Dec 7 (PTI) The Punjab Police on Wednesday claimed to have busted an inter-state weapon smuggling racket operating from Madhya Pradesh and seizing 20 pistols.
On December 2, police had apprehended Bharat Bhushan Pammi, an accomplice of US-based gangster Pavitar Singh, Rupnagar Senior Superintendent of Police ViveK Sheel Soni said.
When Pammi was caught, police had seized four pistols and 34 live cartridges from him.
During investigation, it was found that Pammi was supplying arms from Madhya Pradesh to Punjab and after that police named Deepak Singh alias Manoj, a resident of Umarati in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh, in the case.
A Punjab police team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (Detective) Talwinder Singh Gill conducted a raid at the hideout of Singh in Khadki village in Madhya Pradesh and seized 20 pistols and 40 magazines.
Soni said police teams have been conducting raids in Madhya Pradesh to nab the accused.
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