The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday arrested a BTech student from Bihar who they said was the main supplier of arms and ammunition to gangs in Jammu and Samba districts.
Kaif Ahmed, a resident of Bihar’s Siwan district pursuing B Tech from the Central University of Jammu, was arrested following an investigation into a shootout at a wedding in Miran Sahib area on February 23, a police spokesman said.
Police said Ahmed, who allegedly illegally brought weapons from Bihar and sold them to gangsters in Jammu, was booked under Sections 109/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and 3/25 of the Arms Act.
They said Ahmed was arrested after Balwinder Singh alias Goru Jatt, one of the three accused in the February 23 shootout who was arrested two days ago, named him during interrogation. Police said while two of the accused in the shootout were arrested on the day of the incident itself, Jatt had absconded.
Police said Jatt, a resident of Ranjri in Samba district’s Vijaypur, was nabbed as a police team led by SHO Miran Sahib, Inspector Jai Pal Sharma, and Sub Inspector Ajesh Singh Jamwal continued to raid different locations.
A pistol and some cartridges were recovered from Jatt, police said, adding investigations were on and more arrests likely.
