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NRI Dr. Mann charged with illegally owning high-explosive grenades and machine guns

Arkansas, April 23, 2009
Sudhir Chopra

NRI Dr. Randeep Mann, 50, of Pope County, Arkansas, was charged for illegally owning high-explosive grenades, fully automatic machine guns and may also be involved in Car Bombing

On Feb. 4, Dr. Trent Pierce, 54 was injured in a bombing that occurred as he was getting into his vehicle to leave for work. He was chairman of the state Medical Board which regulates more than 8,000 doctors. He lost his left eye and doctors removed metal pieces from his abdomen.

In March, ATF special agent David Oliver said in testimony that the police found from Mann 's home:

  • 110 fully automatic machine guns worth more than $1 million, grenades and grenade launchers
  • Four of the weapons were not registered
  • The grenades are only used by military personnel not available in public
  • The machine guns ranged from M-16s to a tripod-mounted .50-caliber sniper weapon

Michael Gordon, Assistant U.S. Attorney said, "I think the quantity of the ammunition is representative of whether or not he's a danger to the community." The Police also confiscated Randeep Mann's concealed-handgun permit.

He was arrested when the London city workers found plastic-wrapped canister containing grenades in a wooded area, near his home.

Dr. Randeep Mann, is an internal medicine specialist. He was graduated from the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune. His prescription privileges was revoked by The state Medical Board because of complaints about patient deaths and allegations over pain-pill prescriptions. He sued the state Medical board, claiming that the panel is biased against him because he is from India.

Mann has pleaded not guilty and remains held without bond pending trial. He said that the issue was not the prescriptions but the patients' abuse of the drugs. His lawyers said the ATF’s interest in his client would’t affect his defense against the weapons charge.

Dr. Randeep's father, Kuldip Mann is a gun dealer, might be in India for treatment for prostate cancer. He served in the Indian military.

In the past two years, Kuldip Mann had crossed the U.S. border- 325 times and Randeep Mann 121 times.

Dr. Randeep's wife Sangeeta Mann, testified that her husband rarely left the country and her father-in-law spends most of his time in a wheelchair.

 

 


 

 


  • Dr. Randeep Mann, is an internal medicine specialist.
  • He was charged for illegally owning high-explosive grenades, fully automatic machine guns