Bhopal Crime Branch arrested a firearm dealer who was part of gang involved in selling firearm illegally and recovered two country made pistol from his possession on Friday; with this arrest 11 members of the gang have been arrested in the case so far.
Acting on information received provided by the one of the arrested accused Anand Sharma, absconding gang member Vakil Gurja was arrested from his village in Vidisha and recovered two country made pistol from his possession.
Earlier in the investigation crime branch busted a gang involved in selling firearms illegally across the state, 11 members of gang were nabbed and five pistols, two revolvers, 27 country made pistols and 79 live cartridges from the gang, gang has links with gang selling firearms illegally in Bhind.
The nexus unearthed after a man was nabbed from Ayodhya Bypass carrying a pistol and a live cartridge who was identified as Pappu alias Badal Singh Kewat (42) of Akbarpur.
After the arrested arm dealer was grilled he revealed the truth that country made pistols were bought at Rs 2000 – Rs 3000 and were sold at Rs 8000 to Rs 10000 while pistols worth Rs 8000 to Rs 10000 were sold at Rs 20000 to Rs 25000.