Police's 10-hour 'Operation Safaya' in Nanakmatta: 10 held with 10 country-made pistols, 350 litres of hooch seized; Rs 12 lakh cash and seven QR scanners found with one suspect

After the Satnam murder, police ran a roughly 10-hour 'Operation Safaya' in the Nanakmatta kotwali area on the orders of SSP Ajay Ganpati. According to Hindustan, the SSP told a press conference at Nanakmatta kotwali on Thursday that after the murder police had received important inputs about illegal weapons and habitual offenders in the area, after which 10 police teams were formed under SP City Pramod Kumar and the drive was carried out in Bichua Bhood village. According to Dainik Bhaskar, 10 accused were arrested with 10 illegal country-made pistols and 13 cartridges. Four people were held under the Excise Act, more than 350 litres of illicit liquor was seized, four stills were broken and about 10,000 litres of lahan (fermented mash) was destroyed. Two people wanted on warrants were arrested and 14 suspects were detained for preventive action. Seven QR code scanners and Rs 12 lakh in cash were found with one suspect; police are checking whether this is linked to cyber crime. The SSP said the names of the accused and other facts will be disclosed once the investigation is complete.