Ranchi: Jharkhand Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a Border Security Force (BSF) head constable for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to Naxals and anti-national people. The arrested BSF personnel has been identified as Kartik Behra.
Kartik Behra was posted at BSF 116 Batallion at Firozpur, Punjab at the time of his arrest.
Prashant Anand, SP, ATS to media “A total of 8,304 cartridges were recovered from him. Besides this, three arrests were made in Maharashtra in connection with the case. 14 pistols, 21 magazines, and mobile phones were recovered by the ATS.”
During the course of the investigation, Kartik Behera disclosed the location from where the syndicate used to procure arms and ammunition further given to extremist forces. According to ATS, these arms were procured from bordering areas of the Burahanapur district of Madhya Pradesh and the Buldhana district of Maharashtra.
A few days ago, Jharkhand ATS had arrested a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan Avinash Kumar along with two others accused of their involvement in supplying arms and ammunition to Naxals.
ATS said that “BSF jawan Arun Kumar Singh, who has retired from the force – gave the ATS details about Behra. Singh had taken voluntary retirement from force and had come in contact with people associated with the syndicate after that. Singh was serving in Firozpur where Kartik Behra was also serving,”
(_Vinayak Barot)