Agartala police seize sophisticated arms

Agartala, Apr 30 (UNI) Agartala police recovered four sophisticated arms from an auto rickshaw in Dhaleswar area of this capital city last night and arrested one person.

Acting on a tip-off, the East Agartala police raided the vehicle and recovered the arms. They arrested one Chandan Das hailing from Teliamura in Tripura's west district.

The recovered arms were an AK series rifle, one SLR rifle, a pipegun and a country-made gun. Police suspect the arms were meant for supply to anti-socials.

They are ascertaining whether Das was involved in supplying arms to any underground forces and whether he had any accomplices.

On interrogation, Das said a man had handed him the weapons and he boarded the auto from Chandrapur area.

Similar arms were recovered 11 months ago from a house in Anandanagar near here.

Further investigation was on.

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