Arms Dealer: Arms dealer arrested after chase in city Ranchi | News | Ranchi News
Ranchi: Acting on a tip-off, city police have nabbed an arms dealer, who was roaming in the state capital with a country-made pistol to sell it.
The accused has been identified as Mohammad Asif Ansari, a resident of Hathikhana under the Doranda police station.
The pistol with the words ‘Kranti’ written on it, a cartridge and a scooter were seized from his possession, police said on Monday.
SP (city) Raj Kumar Mehta said Ansari was arrested after a raid was conducted based on the inputs provided by the the Lower Bazaar police station, which received information about him on Sunday evening. He said soon after receiving the tip-off, checking started at several places in the city and an officer deployed near the Nagar Nigam Pani Tanki caught the accused after a chase.
Mehta added that the sources and destinations of the arm’s transaction and contacts of other accused are being investigated with the inputs provided by Ansari.
The accused has been identified as Mohammad Asif Ansari, a resident of Hathikhana under the Doranda police station.
The pistol with the words ‘Kranti’ written on it, a cartridge and a scooter were seized from his possession, police said on Monday.
SP (city) Raj Kumar Mehta said Ansari was arrested after a raid was conducted based on the inputs provided by the the Lower Bazaar police station, which received information about him on Sunday evening. He said soon after receiving the tip-off, checking started at several places in the city and an officer deployed near the Nagar Nigam Pani Tanki caught the accused after a chase.
Mehta added that the sources and destinations of the arm’s transaction and contacts of other accused are being investigated with the inputs provided by Ansari.