Based on inputs of Special Operation Cell, Amritsar, sleuths of UP Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) netted a Khalistan conduit from Muzaffarnagar late on Friday night. The accused said to have supplied weapons to Khalistan supporters was later handed over to Amritsar police who took him to Punjab to produce in a local court.
As per an ATS communiqué released on Saturday, Special Operation Cell of Amritsar police tipped off that a Muzaffarnagar resident was involved in the supply of arms and ammunitions to Khalistan supporters and criminals.
A few days back, the Amritsar police nabbed two Khalistan supporters Daljeet Singh alias Babloo of Jandiyal (Amritsar) and Satnam Singh aka `Manni’ of Sultanpurvind (Amritsar) and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunitions. Both were closely associated with a movement demandinga separate Khalistan.
During interrogation, the duo revealed their arms supplier as Sanjay Rathi alias Guddu of Itawa village of Budhana (Muzaffarnagar). The input was subsequently passed on to ATS of UP.
Acting on it, an ATS team raided a place in Budhana area and netted Guddu and recovered two pistols of .32 calibre, three magazines and nine live cartridges. “Rathi illegally sold more than three dozen pistols, revolvers and other ammunition to Daljeet Singh and Satnam Singh. He also supplied 30-35 pistols to a number of criminals in Amritsar and to underworld operatives in UP. Rathi was being quizzed further.