A sophisticated revolver, a country-made pistol and several live cartridges along with valuables worth Rs 2 lakh were recovered from three miscreants by Ashoka Garden police on Tuesday.
Police said acting on a tip off the police had detained three persons who were lurking suspiciously and during interrogation, it was found that they were thieves and on the leads provided by them, the police recovered pistols and cartridges.
In the initial investigation it was found that the arrested accused had committed in burglary at Tulsi Nagar and Shivaji Nagar during February 13-15 and they were trying to sell the burgled goods in Punjabi Bagh area under Ashoka Garden police station area and while they were trying to sell the goods they were nabbed by the police.
The three miscreants were identified as Dileep alias Peviya (30), Santosh alias Dagdu Ivane (29) and Babban Vasnik (27), all residents of Harda. The police were still interrogating them to find out whether they used to travel to the city and commit crime and then return.
The accused used to carry weapons during the burglaries to make forceful exit in case of alarm raised by the victim. In the investigation the miscreants have not confirmed the use of weapons.
A police officer investigating the case confided that police would try to find out whether the accused had involved in any illegal trade of weapons as two country-made pistols and five cartridges have been recovered which hints that the accused might be involved in weapon trading.
Accused have committed burglaries in Rajeev Nagar area under MP Nagar police station area earlier. In the further investigation more crimes would be confirmed by the accused and it is possible that the more valuables burgled earlier would be recovered.