Chandigarh, Nov 8 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, Punjab Police have arrested two people involved in the murder of Italy-based Malkit Singh in Amritsar and recovered five sophisticated weapons from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday.

Those arrested have been identified as Bikramjit Singh, alias Bikram, and Karanbir Singh. The recovered weapons include one foreign-made .30 caliber PX5 pistol, one .30 caliber pistol, one foreign-made .45 caliber pistol, one .32 caliber pistol and one revolver along with 20 cartridges from their possession.

As per the information, two people opened fire at victim Malkit Singh, when he was sowing wheat in Dhariwal village along with his father on November 1.

Malkit Singh succumbed to his wounds in a hospita

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