Indore: Four Gujarat residents arrested with revolver, 184 cartridges

Indore: Four Gujarat residents arrested with revolver, 184 cartridges

FPJ BureauUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 01:13 AM IST
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Indore: A team of Special Task Force (STF) arrested four persons on Tuesday who were traveling from Gujarat to Ujjain with firearms. The police have recovered 184 live cartridges and mobile phones from them. The officials are trying to know the person to whom they were going to deliver the firearms.

Superintendent of Police (STF) Gitesh Garg said after receiving tip off, STF team cordoned off the area and stopped the car in which four persons named Virendra Singh Jadeja, a resident of Morbi, Gujarat, Virendra Kangal of Rajkot, Hardik Prajapati of Morbi and Giriraj Singh Jadeja of Morbi were sitting.

During search, a revolver of six rounds, 184 cartridges and a knife were recovered from them. Later, STF team arrested accused and registered a case under Sections 25, 25 (B) A, 27 of Arms Act and started the investigation.  SP Garg said six mobile phones, SUV and some documents were also seized from the accused. The accused had bought the cartridges from Gujarat. They are being questioned about the source of firearms. Accused Virendra Jadeja has criminal past. Inspector Ejaj Khan, Gopal Suryawanshi, SI Omprakash Tiwari, Amit Dixit, constable Ashish Mishra and Satish Chouhan played a crucial role in arrest of accused.

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