Shahjehanabad police has nabbed two miscreants from Lalghati road and recovered a country-made pistol, a live cartridge and a motorbike from their possession on Friday.
The nabbed accused was identified as Mohammad Waseem (28) of Chola Mandir and on being quizzed, he revealed that pistols have been bought from Sarangpur Rajgarh from Shakir Shaikh. In the further investigation, he told the police that he is scheduled to collect two country made pistols from Shakir Shaikh near 108 Ambulance Office at Lalghati.
Based on the information, the police team acted swiftly and reached the spot where the other accused was waiting with country made pistols. He was nabbed and when he was searched, two country-made pistols were recovered from his possession. The police have registered a case under sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act.
Police have claimed that the miscreant was nabbed with the country made pistol which suggests that he was on his way to commit crime but the accused confessed that he was trying to sell the country made pistol which he buys from other sources like Shakir. The details of Shakir would be investigated as his links have to be traced from Rajgarh where he belongs to. The revelations ,made by the accused, would help police curb network of buyer and sellers.