Police arrests hardcore criminal with pistol in J&K’s Samba

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In a major breakthrough, police have arrested a hardcore criminal and recovered a country-made pistol from his possession in Vijaypur belt of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir.


Police on Tuesday said that the criminal identified as Vishal Sharma of Raja Chack, tehsil Akhnoor, district Jammu was arrested by the police with a country made pistol.


A case under relevant sections has been registered and investigation is taken up.
Police said that two cases of attempt to murder, arms act and assault were also registered at police station Akhnoor against hardcore criminals in the year 2019 and 2023 respectively.


The hardcore criminal was arrested at a special naka of police station Vijaypur near BDO office.
Senior Superintendent of Police Samba Benam Tosh said that a total of 156 hardcore criminals have been arrested by Samba police in the past eleven months and strong legal action is being taken against the criminals, miscreants and ’gunda’ elements in the district.

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