Operation Prahar is being conducted across the state as per the instructions of the Director General of Police Sudhir Saxena to take strict action against active gangs involved in illegal arms and related activities.
Under this campaign, the police arrested 12 accused by taking effective action against the gang involved in manufacturing, smuggling and selling of illegal arms in Dhar, Barwani, Khargone and Burhanpur districts of Indore (Rural) zone area and seized arms and ammunition from their possession, 78 illegal arms and arms manufacturing material have also been seized.
A detailed action plan was prepared by the Inspector General of Police, Indore (Rural) zone Rakesh Gupta to arrest the organized criminal groups and gangs active in the manufacture and sale of illegal weapons in the zone.
In this sequence, three teams were formed under the leadership of three SDOPs to raid the gang involved in illegal weapons in district Barwani while raiding Varla, Palsud and Sendhwa (Rural) police station area, seven accused Jot Singh, Vicky Singh, Antar Singh, Ballam Singh, Depal Singh, Mahendra Singh and Diwan Singh have been arrested.
A total of 41 illegal firearms and a large quantity of arms manufacturing material were seized from these accused. There are also previous criminal records against all the accused.
Lakhan Siglikar was illegally manufacturing country made pistols which was caught by the police and nine were seized from his possession.
In Khargone, 5 police stations jointly raided Singun village and three accused Jaipal Singh Sikligar, Govind Singh Sikligar and Gopal Sikligar were arrested and 14 illegal weapons were seized from their possession.
Similarly, while continuously monitoring the suspected persons by the district Burhanpur police, a joint police team raided the police station Khaknar area, in which the accused Shamsher Singh Pachori was arrested with 12 illegal country made pistols and arms manufacturing material.