A 26-year old man wanted in illegal trade of firearms was nabbed by crime branch Bhopal near district court on Saturday. The arrested man was the main accused in the illegal trade of arms in which three miscreants were nabbed from Jathkhedi on February 5.
Acting on a tip of main accused of illegal trade of firearms Rakesh Gaur was nabbed near district court on Saturday.
The accused used to run a restaurant in Sehore where he offered Ravi Verma to sell firearms illegally which would fetch him good money.
On February 5 crime branch police Bhopal nabbed three miscreants involved in illegal selling of firearms and recovered five guns from Jathkhedi. The three were identified as Ravi Verma (26), Meharbaan Rajput (32) and Dinesh Verma (35). They miscreants used to bring guns from Khargone and were involved in the crime for the past two years.
The accused used to purchase the arms from Khargone district and would sell the arms at higher price. They would earn Rs 5000 to Rs 10000 on a gun.
Verma after bearing losses in farming got involved in illegal weapon trade. He met Rakesh Gaur at his restaurant in Sehore who provided the information of selling of illegal weapons and could earn Rs 5000 to Rs 10000 on every gun and he offered 50 percent profit to Verma and which he accepted. Verma was scheduled to deliver the gun to Meharban Singh Rajput and Dinesh but were nabbed by the crime branch police.
After the three were arrested, Gaur went missing and was nabbed on Friday.
A reward of Rs 5000 was declared for providing whereabouts of the accused after he went missing.
Police said that Gaur was nabbed near the district court which suggests that he might be trying to obtain anticipatory bail.