Youth held at Kolkata's Esplanade bus stand with 120 cartridges
The accused, Ramakrishna Majhi, hails from Ketugram
KOLKATA: A youth carrying 120 cartridges in a rucksack was arrested by the Kolkata Police Special Task Force (STF) at Esplanade crossing on Sunday.
Police said Ramkrishna Majhi, a resident of Ketugram, was nabbed by cops in plainclothes after he alighted from a bus at L20 terminus in Esplanade.
He was found carrying a ticket of Mecheda in East Midnapore. Initial investigation suggested that the cartridges were brought from Bihar.
Of 120 rounds of ammunition seized, 100 were 8 mm and 20 were 7.65 mm ammunition. Investigators suspect the youth was a handler of weapons and was trying to determine their intended recipients in Kolkata.
Incidentally, on March 30 this year, a couple in their 30s was arrested with eleven illegal single-shooter firearms by the STF at Anandapur off EM Bypass.
One of the two accused persons, Moyna Majhi (32), hailed from Ketugram in Burdwan.
The arrest follows a series of recent firearm-related incidents in Kolkata, including an attempt to shoot councillor Sushanta Ghosh in Kasba.
The Special Task Force has made several arrests in connection with trafficking of illegal arms in recent months.
Operations across Kolkata, Jharkhand, Odisha and Bihar have led to multiple seizures of firearms and the discovery of illegal arms factories. Arms recoveries have been reported from Sealdah's Baithakkhana Market, too.
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