Overview
- Acting on secret intelligence, a Pathankot police team searched the Narot Jaimal Singh border area on January 17 under the supervision of Border Range DIG Sandeep Goel.
- Officers recovered three AK-47 rifles, five magazines, two pistols of Turkish and Chinese make, and 98 live cartridges of different calibres.
- Police allege the consignment was sent from across the border by Harvinder Singh Rinda, whom they describe as having ISI backing.
- An FIR was registered at Narot Jaimal Singh Police Station under the Explosive Substances Act, the Arms Act, and provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including Section 111.
- Authorities say the weapons are in custody and further investigation is underway, with no public report of arrests in the initial statements.