- By Shubham Bajpai
- Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:20 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
The Bihar Police has busted a major arms smuggling network operating from a hostel at Muzaffarpur’s Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University.
Initially, a police team from the Kazimohammadpur station, acting on a tip-off, conducted a raid and arrested two smugglers on Sunday. The team seized 200 cartridges during the raid.
Upon interrogation of the arrested accused, the police found the network to be linked to the hostel. Based on the information, a raid was conducted at the hostel, where a magazine and a pistol holster were found and confiscated.
The arrested accused have been identified as Abhishek Tiwari, a resident of Tarwara in Siwan, and Anmol Kumar, a resident of Suppi in Sitamarhi.
Accused lived illegally in hostel
Police investigations revealed that both individuals had been residing illegally in Rooms 54 and 55 of the 'PG-3' hostel located within the university campus.
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Besides mingling with the students of the university and hostel, they were also carrying out criminal activities.
Accused arrested after cordon
The duo was arrested when they were returning to the hostel on a Bullet motorcycle, transporting a consignment of cartridges.
Kazimohammadpur Station House Officer (SHO) Navlesh Kumar Azad and his team had set up a cordon on the Kalambagh-Khabra Road. Upon seeing them, the team apprehended them.
The smuggling of arms from the hostel has raised serious questions regarding the security arrangements within the university.
Bomb hurled at residence of university's VC
It is pertinent to note that the atmosphere within the university has been tense over the past few days.
Students have been on a hunger strike for the last three days in protest against certain decisions taken by the university's Vice-Chancellor.
Meanwhile, a bomb was hurled at the Vice-Chancellor's residence; an investigation into this incident is currently underway.