Belagavi Rural police who had found abandoned country pistols on the outskirts of Waghawade village in Belagavi taluk on Sunday were verifying if the weapons had been used by the assassin of Gauri Lankesh for training.
Four country pistols were found abandoned on the outskirts of Waghawade on Sunday. Locals informed that the police had taken the weapons for inspection.
Prima facie it appeared that the weapons were rusted and had not been used for long. Cases had been registered against unidentified persons and investigations were in progress.
After reports that the weapons could have been used for training by the assassin of Gauri Lankesh in the forests in Khanapur, a few kilometres away from the spot wherein they were found, police have been looking into this angle too.
Sources said the condition of the weapons indicated that they have not been used for decades but to allay doubt all aspects were being looked into.
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