Crime branch police Bhopal nabbed three miscreants involved in illegal selling of firearms and recovered five guns from Jathkhedi on Thursday. The three were involved in illegal arms trading.
According to the police, acting on a tip three miscreants were nabbed from Jatkhedi area and when they were searched five guns were recovered from their possession.
The three nabbed accused were identified as Ravi Verma (26), Meharbaan Rajput (32) and Dinesh Verma (35).
Shailendra Singh Chouhan said that the miscreants used to bring guns from Khargone and would sell at different places.
The nabbed accuseds are involved in the illegal weapon trade for the past two years. They started the trading after bearing losses in farming.
The accused used to purchase the arms from Khargone district and would sell the arms at higher price. They would earn Rs5000 to Rs10000 on a gun.
Ravi Verma left education after class X and was involved in farming but after bearing losses in farming he started selling illegal weapons. He met Rakesh Gaur at his restaurant in Sehore who provided the information of selling of illegal weapons and could earn Rs5000 to Rs10000 on every gun and he offered 50 per cent profit to Verma and which he accepted.
Verma was scheduled to deliver the gun to Meharban Singh Rajput and Dinesh Verma which was his first delivery but before the weapons could be delivered the three were nabbed by crime branch Bhopal. He has earlier sold a gun to Sunderlal Gurjar of Rajgarh.
After the three were arrested, Gaur went missing and is still missing. Search for Gaur has been intensified.