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“We have seized 62 guns with fake licences since we started the operation. After we complete seizing illegal guns from other places in the state, we will focus on the racket operating here,” said Annuj Sharma, special IG, CID.
Acting on a tip off, the CID team raided the office of Sobha Ispat and Alloy Pvt Ltd in Durgapur. This is the first private company to have been raided as the earlier raids were all conducted in government offices.
According to a senior CID officer, Salim Khan, the company guard, has been taken into custody. In five raids since January 5, the CID team has till now seized 62 guns with fake licences.
“We will conduct more raids to unearth illegal arms stored in the offices of private security agencies. The security agencies caught with illegal arms are liable to be prosecuted under law,” said the officer.
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