Telangana: Three soldiers among seven more arrested in Bollarum arms theft case

Hyderabad, Oct 3 (UNI) Malkajgiri police have arrested seven more persons, including three serving Army personnel, in connection with the theft of arms and ammunition from the Kote and Magazine of the 20 Battalion, Madras Regiment, at Bollarum , Secunderabad and recovered four AK-203 rifles, an INSAS rifle, seven pistols and over 1,900 rounds of ammunition, Malkajgiri Commissioner of Police B. Sumathi said on Saturday. The fresh arrests followed the 10-day custodial questioning of 37-year-old Upputholla Mallesh, a retired Havaldar of the 20 Battalion, Madras Regiment, who was arrested in the case on September 11. The break-in was discovered on…