Seven miscreants were nabbed by Nishatpura and Hanumanganj police and recovered 11 fire arms, 10 live cartridges and 8 sharp edged weapons on Tuesday said DIG Bhopal Dharmendra Choudhary while speaking with media person on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip off, Nishatpura police nabbed two miscreants carrying fire arms on motorbike bearing registration number MP04WM 3970 and recovered three pistols and two live cartridges from their possession.
The two were identified as Devendra Mahawar and Vinay Mahawar. Later in the investigation when the two were quizzed they confessed that they have sold four pistols. One pistol, one live cartridge and eight sharp edged weapons were sold to Rahul Mahawar of Bank colony, one pistol was sold to Piyush Nayak of Nishatpura, one pistol to Manish Vishwakarma of Panthnagar and one pistol to Rajkumar Tyagi of Nishatpura.
Based on the information the accused were nabbed and fire arms were recovered from their possession. The police recovered seven pistols, four live cartridges and 8 sharp edge weapons.
During the investigation police found that the main accused Devendra and Vinay used to bring fire arms and weapons at low rates from Bamnala village in Khargone and would supply to their accomplices in Bhopal. They used to sell pistol around Rs 12000. The earned money was spent on liquor and luxurious life style. Police have registered a case under section 25 and 27 of the Arms Act. Meanwhile, Hanumanganj police have nabbed a 41-year-old man carrying fire arms near in Qazi Camp area and recovered fire arms from his possession on Tuesday. Police team rushed to the spot after receiving information and nabbed the accused who was identified as Saeed Lakhera of Qazi Camp. During the investigation police have recovered one pistol, one revolver, two 12 bore guns and six live cartridges from his possession. Accused has been booked for more than two dozen crimes by Mangalwara, Kotwali, Talaiya, Hanumanganj, Gautam Nagar.