With the arrest of two miscreants, on Tuesday, the Special Task Force (STF) claimed to have busted a gang of gun runners.
Those arrested were identified as Sarvesh Kumar and Ayodhya Prasad Porwal, both of Auraiya district. The sleuths recovered 13 pistols, each of .32 bore, 4 mobile sets, a motorcycle sans registration number plate and Rs 1000 from the miscreants. As per reports, the sleuths were tipped off about a gang which was smuggling pistols in different district of the state. In wake of due assembly election the information was very important and a team was assigned the job to bust the gang. The team worked on the case and got a major breakthrough about the gang which was operative in Kasba Ajitmal of Auraiya district. The team also got to know that the gun runners got the supply from their mentors in Madhya Pradesh. On Tuesday, the team was tipped off about two persons who were to reach near Sadhu Hotel at NH number 2 in Auraiya. The team laid a trap and nabbed the miscreants. The miscreants owned up their crime during interrogation and later they were handed over to the police.