Guwahati, April 29 -- Suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) strongman of Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas, Sheikh Shahjahan, bought three firearms from an authorized gun dealer in Kolkata between 2016 and 2019.

All the licences against these weapons were issued in Nagaland, police officers said after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from the home of another TMC leader's relative in Sandeshkhali on Friday.

According to police records, after procuring the licences from Nagaland, Shahjahan also bought a .32 bore Mauser pistol made in Germany, a .32 bore Smith and Wesson revolver made in the US and a 30.06 bore rifle made by the Indian Ordnance Factory in Ishapore in West Bengal.

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