Rajasthan weapon seizure: Dealer a madarsa teacher

The illegal arms seized by the Special Operation Group (SOG) in Nimbahera of Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan were to be supplied to one Maulana Jahid. The weapons were to be sold at Rs 11 lakh.

Maulana is a resident of Pratapgarh district and was living in a rented accommodation in Chittorgarh. He used to teach children at a madarsa. The three persons who were arrested by the SOG lat week gave this information during interrogation.

The SOG looked for Maulana in Chittorgarh and Pratapgarh, but he had managed to flee. They are still on the lookout for him, as he would be the link to getting further information about where the illegal weapons were to be sold.

Last week, acting on information obtained, the SOG had arrested three persons with 19 pistols and one revolver. The arrested — Irfan Khan, Saddam Hussain, and Firoz Khan — were in possession of the weapons and on being arrested had told the SOG that they had procured the weapons from Madhya Pradesh. The weapons had been purchased at Rs 27,000 per piece and they had struck a deal to sell them at Rs 55,000 per pistol in Rajasthan.

Sleuths of SOG were into telephonic suvllience for a long time and for the past 3 months they were getting inputs on supplying of illegal weapons in Chittorgarh from the neighbouring Madhya Pradesh.

Over the last year, illegal weapons have been recovered from Sawai Madhopur, Karauli, and Bharatpur. As many as 58 weapons have been recovered, while 27 persons have been arrested.

Seized weapons

• Seized weapons were to be sold at Rs 11 lakh.
• The SOG had arrested three persons with 19 pistols and one revolver.