Agartala, November 10: In a significant operation, police have apprehended an individual named Raju Dev with a factory made loaded pistol and ammunition in North Tripura’s Dharmanagar town.
The accused is a resident of Ward No. 10 under Dharmanagar Municipal Council.
Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Jeremiah Darlong, along with officers from Dharmanagar Police Station, conducted a raid at Raju Dev’s residence on College Road, Gaur Gopal Sarani.
During the raid, police recovered a foreign-made automatic pistol along with ten live cartridges, two Android mobile phones, and a vehicle.
According to ASP Darlong, the recovered pistol is a 7.62 Russian-made automatic weapon.
He added that during preliminary questioning, the accused, Raju Dev, confessed to purchasing the firearm from Dimapur.
Police have registered a case under the Arms Act and have launched a thorough investigation into the matter.
The incident has sparked panic across Dharmanagar, with residents concerned about the presence of illegal arms in the town.
Earlier this year few other arms traffickers who had smuggled arms from Nagaland were arrested in Tripura.
