Five rifles missing from Bihar Police armoury

The assault rifles have gone missing from the armoury of the Bihar Military Police (BMP) in this district HQ town.

Five assault rifles have gone missing from the armoury of the Bihar Military Police (BMP) in this district headquarter town three days after an AK-47 rifle and ammunition were stolen from a CRPF camp, police said on Sunday.

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Deputy Inspector General of Police (Tirhut range) Gupteshwar Pandey said that four AK-47 rifles and a Insas rifle were missing from the armoury of the BMP's 6th battalion. Pandey is conducting an inquiry into the theft.

A case was registered with the Mithanpura police station in connection with the incident, he said.

An AK-47 assault rifle and 60 bullets had gone missing from a CRPF camp in Muzaffarpur on August 24. The weapon and ammunition were said to have been stolen from the camp in the BR Ambedkar Bihar University campus.