AK-47

The Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab police recovered a fully wrapped packet with an AK-47 rifle near the International Border. The rifle is suspected to have come from Pakistan, and was found at a farm of a local farmer in Ferozepur. The packet contained “A1” written on it, indicating that other such supplies might exist. With this, the BSF is on a watch in the aforementioned area.

In the AK-47 recovery case, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Anant Singh was revoked from him membership as a member of the state assembly. He was convicted after an AK-47 rifle, two hand grenades and 26 live cartridges were recovered from his Bihar residence in 2019. An FIR was filed against him under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), and was convicted for the same.

About 219 prisoners escaped from a prison in Uganda, late on September 16, along with 15 AK-47 rifles and other weapons. A military spokeswoman stated that the two prisoners were killed in a re-capturing operation and search for others is underway. "It is a mass escape, it included murderers robbers and rapists", she said. This is the third prison escape in the country since the outbreak of COVID-19 in March.