Chandigarh, March 21 -- Punjab police said on Saturday they had arrested two men allegedly planning to rob a businessman and recovered two illegal pistols and four live cartridges in a joint operation by the state's Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) and Bathinda Police.
The suspects, identified as Jacky Kumar, a resident of Parasram Nagar and Vikas Arora of Vishal Nagar, both residents of Bathinda, were intercepted near Mittal Mall in the city's Panchwati area acting on a tip-off that the pair were armed and planning a robbery, police said.
Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said investigators were working to trace the source of the weapons, which the suspects claimed were procured from Delhi, and establish links to wider illegal arms ...