Crime branch Bhopal nabbed an absconding and wanted accused carrying a reward of Rs 5,000 on his head and recovered a country made pistol and a cartridge from his possession on Saturday; accused was wanted in attempt to murder case registered by Hanumanganj police.
On the receipt of the information of the wanted accused Raheem Mirza at Prabhat petrol pump a police team was rushed to the spot and detained the miscreant.
In the initial investigation, police found that the accused has been booked for attempt to murder by Hanumanganj police and was having a reward of Rs 5000 on his head.
Police said on April 21 this year Raheem along with three others opened fire at Hamidia road and escaped.
Two of the four were nabbed and are serving jail term and third accused Raheem was nabbed by Crime branch on Friday from Prabhat Petrol pump.
The fourth accused Arun Sharma alias Chaiwala is still absconding and search for the fourth accused has been intensified.
The accused is involved in criminal activities and it is possible that he was on his way to commit crime.
Police said that investigation has been started and more crimes during the period of investigation would be revealed in the further investigation.
Nearby police stations and police stations of other districts would be informed regarding the accused for revealing details of other crimes.
Police have recovered a blue coloured Honda Activa scooter from the accused which is not having registration number and investigation would be done that the scooter has been stolen and used in the crimes by the accused.
The accused works as labour and has been booked for several crimes by different police stations of the city.
The accused has been booked for attempt to murder, burglary, assault and arms act. He has been booked by Hanumanganj police, Crime Branch and Gautam Nagar police.