A huge cache of ammunition and dismantled firearms were recovered from the 15934- Amritsar-Dibrugarh Weekly Express on Monday evening.
According to police, 264 live bullets (including 147 cartridges of AK series rifle), one AK-47 rifle, one Self Loading Rifle, one .9 mm pistol and a country made pistol were recovered from a coach of Amritsar-Dibrugarh Weekly Express. All the firearms were in dismantled condition. Thirteen empty cartridges were also recovered from the coach.
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According to railway officials, the train had arrived from Amritsar at the Dibrugarh railway station at Banipur at 5 pm. Later at around 8 pm when the cleaning staffs were cleaning the compartments, they noticed two abandoned bags under a seat of a general coach. Following the discovery, the Railway Protection Force and police were informed who later recovered the fire arms. Police started started an investigation into the incident.