Ranchi Police, after receiving a tip-off, have seized six country-made pistols along with six live cartridges from a Honda City car from Kanke Road under Gonda Police Station in Ranchi. According to police, the car met with an accident on Wednesday night following which the car was brought to Gonda Police Station and cache of arms were recovered from it.
“We have detained one person Shiva Kacchap in this regard, who admitted that he was present in the car along with his friend Anil Kumar Jha alias Kanhaiya Jha who is said to have some criminal background,” said SP City Jaya Roy.
Roy claimed that the police had prior information of having arms in the car but it met with an accident at Hot lips Chowk on Wednesday night following which the people sitting in the car fled away.
“When the car was towed up to Gonda Police Station and was opened after calling the owner of the car in which it was registered, six pistols along with six rounds were recovered from the dickey,” said the City SP. One laptop along with some land related papers have been recovered from the car, she said.
“Besides the two people having criminal background, they also said to have been involved in the business of properly dealing,” said Roy. The motive behind carrying such a huge number of arms was yet to be investigated, added the City SP.
The owner of the car Shiva Kachhap was being interrogated till late in the evening while the report was being filed. Hunt for another person however, has also been launched with police conducting raids at several places in Ranchi.