Army man arrested for supplying arms to gangsters

NAWANSHAHR - An Army man was arrested from the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar area here for allegedly supplying arms to gangsters, police said Saturday.

According to police, the accused, identified as Avdesh Kumar is a havildar of the Indian Army and was posted in state capital Chandigarh.

“Acting on a tip off, we arrested him. A pistol was recovered from his possession while two more were found from his Chandigarh house during a raid,” said a police official.

He added: “On the basis of his statement, we have arrested four gangsters and recovered six pistols, which were supplied by Avdesh to them. We are looking into all aspects of this matter to find from where he had brought the arms.”

Nawanshahr town is around 100 km from Chandigarh.