Rourkela, Aug 16: Today the Steel City police arrested a Railway staff named Santosh Singh alias Santu Singh on the charge of arms trafficking.
Briefing media persons, Ramesh Panigrahi, DSP, said based on preliminary investigation, Santu was involved in gun running for a long period of time and used to sell country-made guns, revolvers and sharp weapons in Rourkela and its nearby areas after purchasing them from neighbouring Jharkhand.
A team of Bandhamunda police raided the house of Santu today morning and got hold of three country-made revolvers, 14 live cartridges, four knives, four swords, nine ATM cards and cash of worth Rs 2 lakh from his possession.
The police is also on the lookout for the two more associates of Santu, involved in the case. Panigrahi also said the police is investigating if the arrested Railway staff was also involved in tender fixing.
