Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, the Rajasthan Police has geared up to deter criminals from committing any crime that could affect the election process.
On Friday, the cops arrested a major interstate arms smuggler who was on his way to deliver a cache of weapons. The cops have recovered four pistols and eight magazines from the man. Notably, the man is connected with the top men in the state’s crime world and the arrest was made after the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) received intel about him and informed the Baran police.
Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, the Rajasthan Police has geared up to deter criminals from committing any crime that could affect the election process.
The cops have found that effective action against arms smuggling is a major way through which criminals and antisocial elements can be deterred from committing acts that hamper the election process. Thus a massive drive has been initiated across the state in which various wings of the police department like Anti-Terrorism Squad, Intelligence Bureau, Special Operations Group along with the district police is gathering information about arms peddlers and making arrests.
“The ATS had received information from sources that one man had bought a cache of weapons from Sendhwa in Madhya Pradesh and would supply the same to a man in Chhabra in Baran district. Based on the intel, a special team was constituted under senior officials to track the man and nab him,” said Umesh Mishra, Additional Director General (ADG) – ATS and SOG.
The cops informed the Baran police as well and conducted barricading around the main gate of Bharat Vikas Parishad. “The man had already been identified as one Mahesh Singh (50) and as he passed from the area, he was detained and checked. During the checking, four pistols of .32 bore and 8 magazines were recovered from him,” said Sunil Bishnoi, SP Baran.
The man was then arrested and taken to police station. “During interrogation, he confessed that he had purchased weapons from Madhya Pradesh and had to hand these to one Faujmal alias Faujya Meena, a native of Pachpadra. Mahesh is a notorious criminal against whom several cases have been registered in Chhabra, Chhipabarod, Atru police station of Baran,” the SP said.
The Motive
Police have found that effective action against arms smuggling is a major way through which criminals and antisocial elements can be deterred from committing acts that hamper the polls process.
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