With the arrest of three miscreants in the intervening night on Saturday and Sunday, the Etah police claimed to have unearthed a gang manufacturing illegal firearms.
Those arrested were identified as Sadhu Singh and Bhanwar Singh, both of Etah and Shamshad of Farukkhabad. The team recovered 10 semi manufactured country made pistols, four cartridges and huge quantity of instruments used in manufacturing the firearms. The miscreants also have several cases of murder and extortion against them.
The arrest came after an informer tipped off police about their ‘business’ a team consisting of cops from Kotwali police station and crime branch raided their workshop at the outskirts of Kuthila layakpur village of the area.
Meanwhile, the Shahjahnapur police on Sunday noon arrested an under trial who had fled from police custody on April 6 when he was being taken to court in the district for hearing of a case against him. The police had announced Rs 25,000 as cash prize in his name.
The miscreant arrested was identified as Surendra Kumar Saxena of Kanshiram Colony of Kotwali police station area of Shahjahanpur. The team recovered a country made pistol and two cartridges from the miscreant who was arrested from near Surya hotel in the locality. The police said a police informer tipped off about Surendra’s presence near the hostel. Subsequently a joint team consisting of cops from Kotwali police station and Crime branch laid a trap and nabbed him. Police said Surendra was named in a several cases of crime.