LUCKNOW, Feb. 6 -- The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has uncovered the alleged involvement of two individuals, including the younger brother of an ace international shooter, in supplying ammunition to criminal gangs. This came to light after a large cache of foreign-made cartridges was seized from a member of an interstate firearms syndicate in Meerut, senior STF officials confirmed on Thursday.

The STF's Meerut unit on Tuesday arrested Rashid Ali, a resident of Muzaffarnagar, who was identified as part of a network engaged in illegal arms and ammunition trade. A total of 1,975 'Made in Italy' 12-bore cartridges were recovered from him. During interrogation, Ali named Subash Rana and Saksham Malik, linked to the Dehradun-based R...