Bagdogra PS Case No. 343/2025 Dtd. 28/08/2025 U/S- 25(1-A) of Arms Act: Started over the written complaint of SI BinupMahato of Bagdogra PS, S.P.C. alleging against one arrested accused person namely Asraful @ Babul, aged 20 years, s/o- MdIyakub @Jakuf, resident of Suryanagar Tiger Busty, PS- BDR, Dist- Darjeeling to the effect that today on 28.08.2025 he received credible source information that one suspect carrying & possessing firearms & ammunitions will come and wait near Kolkata Road (NH-27) under Bagdogra PS jurisdiction to sell firearms to his designed customer for his wrongful gain. Accordingly, he appraised the matter to O/C Bagdogra PS and as per his direction he formed a team with other officers and force and left for Kolkata Road (NH-27) under pass near Gurudwara under Bagdogra PS to work out the secret source information. On arrival near Kolkata Road (NH-27) under pass near Gurudwara and they made ambushed there. After some time, as per source indication they managed to apprehend one person there in presence of independent witnesses. On interrogation, he revealed his identity as noted above. On search, One iron made single barrel country-made improvised firearms locally called as ‘DesiKatta’ measuring total length 22.5 cm having barrel length 9.4 cm with one active hammer, firing pin, trigger and butt covered with wood & One 7.7 mm X 56 mm live ammunition measuring length 7.6 CM were recovered from his possession. On prolong interrogation he disclosed that he had been carrying & possessing the said improvised firearms with live ammunition illegally from Bihar and he had been waiting there in order to sell the firearms & ammunition to his designed customer who would come from Shivamndir for his wrongful gain. On demand, he failed to produce any valid license/document for possessing & carrying firearms & live ammunition. Subsequently, he arranged to measure the recovered firearms & ammunition and seized them from his exclusive possession under proper seizure list and labeled the same in presence of independent witnesses. At last, he arrested him after communicating him the ground of arrest in writing and issued memo of arrest in this regard. The process of search, seizure & arrest was done in between 22:42 hrs& 22:55 hrs on 28.08.2025. The entire process of search, seizure & arrest is done through audio-video electronic means using mobile phone and then the same audio-video record is converted to a pen drive using computer system (.) PO- Kolkata Road (NH-27) under pass near Gurudwara , P.S- Bagdogra, Dist-Darjeeling. (.) I.O-ASI Suresh Kami of BDR PS (.) Arrest-01(One) (.) Investigation:- Proceeding (.)