In a major breakthrough, the MP Police have arrested two persons and seized a haul of sharp-edged weapons and instruments to sharpen the weapons were recovered along with the consignment.
During the operation a senior activists of Vishwa Hindu Parisad Nirmaldev Narela and one of his accomplices managed to escape and are still absconding. City Superintendent of Police Neemuch Pankaj Dixit told that acting on a tip off regarding illegal weapons were brought from Mandsaur and were kept in the office of a transporter at Sanjeevani Colony. After receiving the information team was formed and raided the spot in which 50 sharp edged weapons were recovered and two persons were held in connection to the possession of the illegal weapons but two others including senior activists of VHP Nirmaldev Narela escaped the spot.
The two miscreants nabbed were identified as Mahesh Gurjar and Meghraj lohar who confirmed that the escaped persons were Nirmaldev Narela and Shyam Pehalwaan who brought the sharp edged weapons from Mandsaur, he added. A manhunt has been launched to nab the absconding miscreants. Police said that Narela has been involved in crime in the past and was booked for several serious crimes committed in Neemuch district.
Dixit said that the police have registered case under Arms Act and have started investigation to find the reason of bringing sharp edged weapons in such a huge number in the city. Teams have been formed to investigate the source and reason of the presence of weapons and the people mobilizing weapons.