Sinlung /
26 January 2011

No Sign of Missing AK-47, 2 Police Officials Held

AK47Aizawl, Jan 26 : With no recovery of the missing AK-47 from the armoury of India Reserve Police's fourth battalion in Mizoram's Mamit district, authorities have arrested two armed police personnel of the force.

Two armed personnel of the fourth Indian Reserve battalion, including a 'havildar' were arrested yesterday with police not ruling out the possibility of sophisticated arms falling into the hands of the Bru insurgents in Tripura, a senior police official said.

Inquiries indicated that the two policemen, belonging to the Bru community, might have headed to the Bru relief camp in north Tripura during the same time, between end of December and early January, when the AK-47 assault rifle and a magazine were found to be missing, Commandant of the fourth battalion of Indian Reserve battalion, F Lalhuliana said.

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