The Kamla Nagar police have nabbed two miscreants from two areas and recovered two country-made pistols and two live cartridges from their possession on Friday.
According to the police, one of the accused was found with firearms and ammunition near Rahul Nagar and when he was searched, one country-made pistol were found. The nabbed accused was identified as Mukesh alias Pappu(25) of Rahul Nagar. The miscreant was nabbed after Kamla Nagar police personnel received a tip off regarding possession of illegal weapon by a person near Rahul Nagar. The reason for carrying the weapon for selling or for committing crime would be investigated.
The accused do not hold any crime record with Kamla Nagar police and other police stations would be informed to provide details of the crime of the accused.
The other accused Govind Singh of Sehore was nabbed near MANIT square on Friday and when he searched a country made pistol and two cartridges were found from his possession. Kamla Nagar police said that Sehore police would be contacted to investigate the details of the nabbed accused.
It is possible that the two are involved in selling firearms illegally and work for nexus. The source of obtaining the fire arms would be searched in the investigation.
After the preliminary investigation, police have registered a case under Arms Act against both the accused and have started further investigation. Police said that in the initial investigation no connection has been found between the two miscreants and would be investigated in the further investigation.