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    Criminal held with pistol in Samba

    Jammu Tawi, Jan 10: A criminal was arrested and a country-made pistol was recovered from his possession in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Saturday, police said.

    Pritam Singh alias “Sethi”, a resident of Jedra village of Ramgarh, was wanted in a case related to organised crime, registered at police station Vijaypur last year, a police spokesperson said.

    He is the fourth person arrested in connection with the case. Earlier, three of his associates were arrested and three pistols were recovered from them.

    Acting on a tip off, the spokesperson said police arrested Singh and recovered one country-made pistol on his disclosure from his village.

    Further investigation of the case is going on, he said. (Agencies)