CURATED BY – CHANDAN KUMAR CHAUBEY | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Gopalganj police has arrested two notorious members of Lawrence Bishnoi gang. It is said that Kamal Rawat, son of Pappu Singh of Ajmer district of Rajasthan, was arrested during vehicle checking at Balthari check post in Kuchaykot police station area. During the search, police recovered four Australian-made weapons and eight magazines from the arrested Kamal. After questioning Kamal, Shantanu Shivam, son of Sunil Kumar from Muzaffarpur, was arrested. In this regard, SP Swarn Prabhat said that regular vehicle checking was being done at Balthari check post. Meanwhile, a bus with Nagaland number was stopped and searched. During the search, four Australian-made foreign Glock pistols and eight magazines were recovered from a youth's bag. After the recovery of weapons, young man Kamal Singh has been arrested, who was trying to enter the state of Bihar. He had to go to Muzaffarpur. At present, the police is interrogating the arrested accused.

 

"When intensive investigation was done about the arrested accused, both the accused turned out to be active members of the notorious Lawrence Bishnoi gang. At present, both the criminals were thoroughly interrogated by the team of STF SOG 7, DIU under the leadership of SDPO Sadar. Other active members of the gang have been identified, for whose arrest a special team has been formed." - Swarn Prabhat, SP, Gopalganj

The SP said that during the interrogation it came to light that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had the intention of carrying out a major incident in Muzaffarpur and Motihari districts. Earlier also, the gang members have done recce in these districts. At present, contact has been established with the police of Ajmer and other related districts for further investigation. The police will take both the criminals on remand and further interrogate them.