The Bhopal Crime Branch nabbed three miscreants who were engaged in selling of firearms illegally and recovered four country-made pistols and three cartridges from their possession at Bhanpur Bridge on Thursday.
Acting on a tip off regarding miscreants near Bhanpur bridge carrying firearms illegally and when they were searched four country made pistols and three live cartridges were recovered. The nabbed accused were discussing to sell the firearms when they were caught. They were identified as Deepak Mangrale, Sharad Ahirwar and Netaram Panthi. From Deepak one country made pistol, two country made pistol from Sharad and one country made pistol from Netaram was recovered and three cartridges were nabbed.
After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 25 and 27 of the Arms Act. Deepak is resident of Chhola Mandir area while Sharad is resident of Sagar and Netram is resident of Vidisha.
Police would check crime record details of the two from the Sagar and Vidisha police while details of the one accused who belongs to Chhola Mandir area would be sought from Chhola Mandir police. The three were working as part of nexus.