Four Policemen Arrested in UP for Supplying Arms to Maoists
Suspected of an involvement in a racket to smuggle arms for Maoists, four policemen have been taken into custody from different parts of Uttar Pradesh, said media reports.
In a joint operation with the police, the Special Task Force (STF) yesterday arrested four policemen from the Provincial Armed Constabulary from Gonda, Faizabad and Gorakhpur districts of Uttar Pradesh, reports said.
The four cops are Sushil Kumar, armourer with the PAC’s 30th battalion in Gonda, Jitendra Singh and Amar Singh, both deployed as armourers in Faizabad, and Rajesh Shahi, an armourer with the Gorakhpur police, said reports.
The arrest was made after an armourer of Basti district, who is being questioned for his alleged involvement in the racket, disclosed their names, reports said.
“We assisted the STF in making the arrests on the basis of statements given by our armourer,” Superintendent of Police (Basti) Gyan Singh was quoted as saying.
On April 30, Additional Director General (Law and Order) Brij Lal had told reporters that six people – two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers, three Uttar Pradesh police personnel and a retired sub inspector – had been arrested on suspicion of supplying arms and ammunition to Maoists.
According to him, over 5,000 live cartridges/magazines of pistols, carbine, AK 47, SLR (Self-Loading Rifle) and around 250 kg of shells and other arms components had been recovered from their possession.
(Based on internet reports)
