Bharat Bhushan Pammi, an confederate of fugitive gangster Pavitar Singh, was caught with 4 pistols and 34 cartridges in Rupnagar, police mentioned on Saturday.

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Senior superintendent of police Vivek S Soni mentioned that Pammi, a resident of ward quantity 6 in Mandi Ahmedgarh city of Malerkotla district, was arrested for smuggling medicine and weapons.

Pavitar Singh, who belongs to Chauda village in Gurdaspur district, is now based mostly in California within the US.

The SSP mentioned three .32-bore pistols, an imported pistol (Colt Government 1911 A1, cal 9 mm PAK) and 34 cartridges have been recovered from Pammi.

A case was registered beneath the Arms Act on the Rupnagar metropolis police station.

He mentioned he was already booked in two instances beneath the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act in Mandi Ahmedgarh and Ludhiana.