CURATED BY – CHANDAN KUMAR CHAUBEY | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Jamui, Jamui's LIC office guard and his partner have been arrested with a gun, two pistols, 38 live cartridges and 3 empty shells. He used to work as a guard in LIC office from morning to evening without illegal weapons and license and used to smuggle illegal weapons with his partner in the evening.

On the instructions of Jamui SP Dr. Shaurya Suman, SDPO Satish Suman, Malaypur SHO Vikas Kumar, Town SHO Arun Kumar along with DIU team took action and nabbed both of them. Priyanshu Kumar, a resident of Bakhtiyarpur of Khagaria district, was doing duty as a guard with illegal weapon in the branch of Life Insurance Corporation of India located at Jamui bypass. It is said that he had shown fake documents in the office before taking the job. On this basis, he got the job of guard.

After which he worked here for about 3 years. Police arrested him with weapons and live cartridges on the basis of secret information. One of his associates has also been arrested. Two pistols, one double barrel shot gun, 38 live cartridges, three shells have been recovered from him. DSP Satish Suman gave information about the whole matter in a press conference at Town Thana Parishad on Friday afternoon.
31-year-old son of Rana Randhir Singh, resident of Bakhtiyarpur police station Mansi of Khagaria district, Priyanshu Kumar was working as a security guard in the LIC office located on Jamui Bypass Road with illegal weapons for many years. He also told that after the office time was over, he along with Neeraj Kumar alias Anant Kumar, resident of Bihari Mohalla of Jamui Town Police Station area, used to sell weapons illegally by staying in a rented house of Pappu Singh adjacent to Genex Bridge Hotel in the city.

On the basis of this secret information, police arrested him with two pistols, one double barrel short gun, 38 live cartridges, and three shells. When the arrested Priyanshu was questioned, he said that he had a license for the gun. When he was asked for the documents of the weapon, he did not provide any documents of the weapon even after 24 hours had passed. An FIR has been lodged against both the arrested accused and they have been sent to jail in judicial custody. The police is also contacting Khagaria police to investigate the criminal history of both the arrested arms smugglers.