An illegal arms-repairing and modification workshop functioning in the posh Tagore Nagar locality of Raipur was busted by a team of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) and two persons, including a Homeopathy doctor, were arrested in this connection, police said here on Sunday.
A large number of weapons and ammunition were recovered from the workshop.
According to the police, the prime accused, Dr Aniruddha Chatterjee (38) who had allegedly set up the arms repairing and modification workshop at his house in Tagore Nagar area and his friend Rajesh Pal (38) were nabbed on Saturday late night for possessing illegal arms and ammunition.
“Preliminary investigation suggest that the recovered items do not have any link with Naxals”, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) (CCB) Ajatshatru Bahadur Singh said while adding that, the case was being investigated from every angle.
“A unit of CCB on getting specific information about Pal, a native of Tikrapara area, possessing a pistol had nabbed him,” the ASP said.
A pistol and its seven live rounds were recovered from the house of Pal who confessed to receiving the weapon from his close friend Aniruddha Chatterjee, he said.
A joint team of crime branch, Kotwali and Tikrapara police then raided Chatterjee’s house and unearthed the illegal workshop, he added.
One 315 bore modified gun, one 12 bore gun, 32 revolvers, 148 live rounds of different guns, 529 empty cartridges, one box of gunpowder, 10 pieces of air gun parts, eight pieces of revolver grips, one airgun barrel, one rifle handle, one cutter machine, 20 bows, dummy guns and revolvers and direction indicator besides several related tools and machines were recovered from the workshop.
Moreover, several sharp-edged weapons, including seven swords, 2 knives, 2 javelins, were also seized from the workshop, the ASP added.
While Chatterjee has his homeopathy clinic at his house as well as in Budhapara area, his friend worked in a construction company.
According to Chatterjee, he was passionate about possessing weapons and its modification and therefore he had set up the workshop , the ASP said.
A case has been registered against the duo and further probe is on, he added.