Four miscreants, planning dacoity at the house of a contractor in Koteshwar area, were arrested by the police along with arms. One of the accused managed to escape under the cover of darkness.
Gwalior TI Amar Singh Sikarwar said that following a tip-off that some armed miscreants had gathered near Jain temple at Koteshwar hill and were planning to commit dacoity, police surrounded the area and arrested them.
One of the miscreants escaped after threatening to shoot down a jawan. He has been identified as Chimpoo alias Virendra Rathore. The police arrested Pappan alias Pradeep Jatav, Devendra alias Kalu Jatav, Rakesh alias Sukha Kushawah and Rinku Kushawah and recovered a .315 bore revolver, a sword, a rod and some ammunition. All of them are accused in at least 10-15 cases.