Bathinda: Under Operation Parhaar II, the Mansa police on Wednesday arrested two persons and recovered five pistols from their possession.Bathinda Range deputy inspector general of police (DIG) Harjit Singh said during the search operation, the police team detained two persons on a motorcycle without registration number plate. The detained persons were identified as Rachhvinder Singh from Bodawal village and Jashandeep Singh from Bhikhi in Mansa. Upon search, two pistols of .32 bore were recovered from them.
During further investigations, three more weapons — two .32 bore pistols and a country-made pistol of .315 bore — were recovered. Police are probing the source of the weapons and their intended recipients.
