Two arrested in possession of several weapons

Staff Reporter

Combined team of Crime Branch and Gohalpur police nabbed two miscreants and seized two revolvers, three live cartridges, a knife and two mobile handsets from them in two separate traps, on Monday. The arrested have been identified as Mohammed Amir Khan (25), resident of Ahmednagar, Katra, Adhartal and Danish Afridi (24), resident of New Anand, Raza Chowk in Hanumantal. SHO of Gohalpur police station, Rajpal Singh Baghel informed that Crime Branch received information about a suspected man who was sight with a firearm and a knife on Amkhera road. Acting on the information, combine team of Crime Branch and Gohalpur police started a search and nabbed the suspected man identified as Mohammed Amir Khan.

In his search, police seized a revolver loaded with a cartridge and a knife. In another trap, Crime Branch and Gohalpur team started a search for suspected man near Aman Garden. Witnessing the police, suspected man started running away from the spot but alert cops managed to catch the accused identified as Danish Afridi. In his search, police seized a pistol and two live cartridges and two mobile handsets of Apple Company.

Gohalpur police have registered separate cases against the accused under Section 25, 27 of Arms Act while further investigations are underway. Accused were apprehended with active working of police team comprised of SI, Sanjeev Dixit, ASI, Vinod Sharma, Head Constable, Suresh Mishra, Sadiq, Constables, Amit Patel, Ankur Mishra and Crime Branch’s ASI, Virendra Singh, Ashok Mishra, Head Constables, Sadiq Ali, Neeraj Tiwari, Rakesh Bahadur Singh, Harishankar Gupta, Santosh Dixit, Manas Upadhyay, Prabhat Parihar and Constable, Jai Prakash Tiwari.