The police arrested three armed miscreants, who were planning to commit dacoity at the house of a cloth merchant in the city. On a tip-off, the police arrested them before they could commit any crime, while two other miscreants managed to escape. The police are searching them.
On getting the information that some armed miscreants were hiding near Govardhan Colony under Gola Ka Mandir police station area, SSP Gwalior swung into action and asked the officials to take immediate action.
Acting on the information, Addl SP Virendra Jain and Gola Ka Mandir police station in-charge Ajeet Chouhan were asked to catch the miscreants. Two police teams were formed and when they raided Govardhan Colony, the miscreants started to flee, but the police chased them and caught three of them and recovered a pistol, a knife and two other sharp-edge weapons. In the meantime, two miscreants managed to flee.
Meanwhile, the police have launched checking to curb criminal incidents and vehicle thefts in the city. During the checking, the Morar police have arrested Sudheer, son of Prakash with a country-made revolver and two live cartridges. A case under several sections of Arms Act has been registered against him.
Besides, the Bahodapur police arrested Sonu Batham at laxman Talaiya with a knife. The Gola Ka Mandir police arrested Chhotu alias Dharmendra Singh, Vikash Tomar, Anoop Chauhan and Rajkumar Ojha and recovered a pistol, two knifes and a sharp-edged weapon from their possession.