Police in Uttarakhand have arrested two interstate weapon smugglers, Harendra Singh alias Honey and Nikhil Verma alias Ranu, in connection with a terror angle linked to Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Al-Badr.
The accused, both 27 and residents of Sitarganj in Udham Singh Nagar, were arrested on Thursday after a joint checking drive by a Special Operations Group (SOG) from Rudrapur and Sitarganj police station under Operation Prahar.
During the drive, police recovered two rifles, one revolver, two country-made pistols, and 344 cartridges, of which 215 are live, and seized their car.
Investigations revealed that an over-ground worker (OGW) linked to Al-Badr had transferred about ₹7 lakh into the bank account of one of the arrested accused, who had supplied a weapon to him in 2021.
The police are now probing a terror angle and have informed the Delhi Police Special Cell about the arrest of Honey, who is also wanted in a terror-related conspiracy case registered in 2021.
