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Gorakhpur (UP), May 10 (PTI) Two armourers have been detained for interrogation as part of investigations into the alleged supply of arms and ammunition to criminal gangs and possibly Naxals, police said here today. Armourers of Gorakhpur, Rajesh Shahi, and Faizabad were detained for interrogation in the cartridge scam case, DIG Asim Arun said. The arrests came in after Ram Kripal, an armourer of Basti, who was arrested on April 30 provided some vital clues into the case. On April 30, the STF had arrested five security personnel and a retired sub-inspector following inputs that a large quantity of cartridges were being smuggled out of the CRPF group centre at Rampur via a source in Allahabad to various criminal gangs and possibly Naxals. Over 5,000 live cartridges, 16 magazines of INSAS rifles, .25 bore guns, SLR and AK-47s had been recovered besides 245 kg of empty shells following raids at various places.
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