Crime branch police arrested an accused possessing illegal arms, a country made pistol and two live cartridges were recovered from his possession.
The special team of Crime Branch had ordered for the action against illegal arms traders taking place in the state capital, acting on information of a youth at Patra Pulia Mali Khedi road Bhanpur carrying a firearm with him.
The youth was identified as Ghulam Haider of Aman Colony, Nishatpura, Bhopal who had a country-made pistol and two live cartridges. The police have registered a case under section of the 25,27 Arms Act. The interrogation of the accused is still on.
The accused runs a dairy business. He was on his way to commit crime or he is involved in illegal trade of firearms and is under investigation. Police are yet to find the source of procurement of firearms.
Police would check crime record details of the two from the respective police station while details of his aides would also be investigated. The accused was working as part of nexus and more aides of the nexus would be arrested in the further investigation, said police.
Police said more crimes would be confessed in the further investigation and the source which the accused used to sell or procure weapons would be searched in the further questioning of the nabbed miscreants.