CU student arrested for arms supply to criminals

Excelsior Correspondent

SAMBA, Aug 19: Samba police has arrested a Central University student from Bihar for supplying arms to criminals in Jammu. Police said it achieved a significant breakthrough in a case FIR No. 71/2025 registered under Arms Act at Police Station (PS) Vijaypur and arrested another accused with weapons.

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SSP Samba Virinder Manhas said during the investigation of a case FIR No. 71/2025 U/S 3/7/25 Arms Act registered at PS Vijaypur in which on 11-07-2025 police had arrested one student of the Central University Jammu (Rahya) namely Kaif Ahmed, son of Shami Ahmed of Barharia near Masjid Barharia district Siwan (Bihar) for illegal trafficking of firearms and transporting weapons—specifically pistols and Katta—from Bihar and selling them to local criminals and also recovered a country made pistol from him.
Police has arrested another accused namely Balwinder Singh alias Goru Jatt, son of Swarn Singh of Ranjari tehsil Vijaypur district Samba on August 8. During interrogation and based on his disclosure, one Desi Katta (country-made pistol) was recovered by police from Rahya on August 17.
Continuing the investigation, police has recovered another country-made revolver yesterday from village Ranjari of PS Vijaypur on his disclosure.
Further investigation into the case is going on, police said.