Woman arrested for illegal possession of firearm

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police on Wednesday arrested a woman from an apartment at Patrapara here on charges of illegally possessing firearm.

Following a tip-off, a team of Khandagiri police raided a rented house of the apartment and seized a Mauser and an identity card of a media organization from her possession.

According to police sources, the woman was involved in illegal supply of firearms.

During interrogation, the woman told police that she is wife of a journalist.

In a separate incident, dreaded criminal Timan Kumbhar was arrested by Balangir town police on extortion charges. Police seized Rs 2,56,000 in cash and a cell phone from him, additional SP Sashi Bhusan Satpathy informed.

OB Bureau

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