Sonitpur (Assam) [India], September 7 (ANI): Security forces recovered a huge cache of arms, ammunition, grenades, and explosives in Sonitpur district along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border on Wednesday.
Latehar (Jharkhand) [India], February 19 (ANI): Jharkhand Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in jungles under Latehar police station on Friday recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition, in an ongoing operation against Naxals.
Indore Jan 18 PTI An Insas rifle snatched from a police party nearly two weeks ago was recovered from an alleged dacoit on Tuesday in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh a senior official saidThe accused identified only as Aakesh was arrested from Alirajpur district along with the Insas rifle Inspector General IG Rural Rakesh Gupta told reportersThe 20-year-old is a member of a gang of dacoits which had snatched the rifle from a police party under the Badgonda police station area on January 6 by pelting stones at law enforcement personnel he saidGupta said though there were no cartridges in the snatched rifle cops wanted to recover the firearm Insas is short for Indian Small Arms System designed and manufactured in India as soon as possible to prevent it from getting misusedHe said the same gang of dacoits while attempting to enter a house had also snatched an air gun from a private security guard but when they were challenged by policemen they escaped leaving behind the weapon air gunA local court remanded Aakesh to police custody till January 24 and efforts were on to nab the other members of the gang the IG added PTI HWP MAS RSY RSY
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): A corporal of the Indian Air Force (IAF) shot himself with the Insas rifle issued to him and died at the Air Force Station, Bawana.
RegionalMeghalaya polices missing INSAS rifles fished out from Umkhrah River in ShillongCorrespondent Shillong Aug 23 Publish Date 8232021 112601 AM ISTThe Search and Rescue Team of the Meghalaya Fire and Emergency Services on Monday recovered the seized police weapons which were dumped over the Jaiaw Umpohliew bridge into the Umkhrah riverThe Search and Rescue Team search began on Monday after a vernacular daily U Nongsai Hima published an anonymous letter claiming that the three weapons snatched from the police by masked teenagers on August 15 were thrown into Umkhrah river flowing through the State capital ShillongThe miscreants who snatched the weapons also hijacked the Sports Utility Vehicle zoomed through Mawlai brandishing the police weapon a scene which was witnessed by people lined up the streets in MawlaiThe vehicle was set ablaze near Roberts Hospital in JaiawA police official on condition of anonymity said that two of the miscreants involved in stealing the service rifles and hijacking of the SUV have been identified and investigation is going on full-swing