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NEW DELHI: West Bengal Police's Special Task Force (STF) connected Saturday recovered a immense cache of firearms and cartridges allegedly hidden wrong a pond belonging to a Trinamool Congress person successful Sandeshkhali of North 24 Parganas district, officials said.Acting connected a tip-off, STF unit conducted raids successful Sandeshkhali and adjoining areas connected Saturday morning. During the operation, investigators recovered a ample quantity of weapons and ammunition from a pond linked to erstwhile Trinamool Congress determination president Robin Das. His brother, Gopal Das, is besides nether scrutiny.According to officials, some Robin Das and Gopal Das fled the country earlier the raid. Police teams searched their residence and surrounding locations arsenic portion of the operation, according to IANS. The STF, accompanied by cardinal forces, besides carried retired searches successful adjacent areas. Investigators fishy the weapons were stockpiled to make unrest successful the region. The betterment triggered a commotion successful the area, with a ample fig of residents gathering astatine the spot arsenic quality of the cognition spread.Officials said extended hunt operations are continuing and a manhunt has been launched to hint the 2 brothers, who person antecedently faced allegations of intimidation and unit against section residents and governmental workers.
The BJP stepped up its onslaught connected the Trinamool Congress pursuing the recovery. BJP MLA Sajal Ghosh alleged that the weapons could person been utilized to people mean radical and absorption workers.Meanwhile, West Bengal main curate Suvendu Adhikari praised the constabulary for what helium described arsenic a large breakthrough against amerciable arms networks successful the state.In a station connected X, Adhikari said STF unit had conducted extended raids crossed Kumrakhali, Basanti and Sandeshkhali based connected circumstantial quality inputs and recovered a important cache of amerciable firearms and ammunition allegedly hidden to disrupt peace.
"Kudos to the West Bengal Police for a large breakthrough. On precise quality inputs, the Special Task Force conducted extended raids crossed aggregate locations adjacent Sarberia Bazaar successful Kumrakhali, Basanti, and Sandeshkhali areas. Forces person successfully seized a monolithic cache of amerciable firearms and ammunition hidden distant to disrupt peace," helium wrote.Adhikari further claimed that amerciable weapons had been stockpiled and utilized to terrorise citizens during the erstwhile medication and asserted that his authorities would proceed efforts to destruct amerciable arms and governmental unit from the state."For years nether the erstwhile regime, specified amerciable weapons were stockpiled and utilized ruthlessly to terrorize communal citizens. This civilization of unit claimed the precious lives of galore absorption enactment workers, peculiarly dedicated BJP Karyakartas, who stood up against tyranny," helium said."Those acheronian days are over. Our Government remains unconditionally committed to restoring Law and Order. We volition proceed to way down, unearth, and retrieve each azygous portion of amerciable firearm crossed the magnitude and breadth of West Bengal. Criminal activities and Political Terrorism volition beryllium wholly wiped retired from our State.Peace, information and Democracy volition prevail," helium added.
