Seized AK-47 belongs to Begusarai MLA’s kin

BEGUSARAI: Begusarai SP Awakash Kumar on Tuesday said that an AK-47 rifle, which a special police team had recovered during a raid conducted at a house situated in Kapasia locality under the town police station area on Sunday night belonged to one Nandan Choudhary, a resident of the same mohalla.

Choudhary is the cousin of Begusarai Sadar MLA Kundan Singh and Kundan is son of Begusarai municipal corporation Mayor Upendra Prasad Singh.

He said the police team had recovered the weapon from the house of one Manjesh Kumar, who is Nandan Choudhary’s driver. “Two loaded magazines, 188 round of live cartridges, a motorcycle and a mobile phone were also recovered from Manjesh. However, during police interrogation he revealed that the weapon and all the ammunitions actually belonged to Nandan, who is a property dealer and had asked the former around a year ago, to keep the ammunitions with him,” the SP said, adding that Nandan is absconding after the raid.

“Though police are investigating the case with all possible angles it’s only after the arrest of Nandan, that anything conclusive could be said in the case,” the SP said.

The SP, however, said that the investigation done so far in the case finds no link with the MLA.

The SP said he had constituted a special police team headed by Begusarai Sadar SDPO Amit Kumar to raid the place.

Though the BJP MLA could not be contacted as his mobile phone remained constantly busy but the Mayor said he had no connection with the case.


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