In Gujarat 24 people have arrested two days ago for an illegal arms racket and were arrested besides seizing 54 country-made guns from parts of the state, mostly the Saurasthra region by ATS ( The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad ), a senior official said on Thursday.
Initial investigation has disclosed that two main accused were both residents of Surendrangar, Devendra Boriya and Champraj Khachar and they had sold nearly 100 country-made pistols in different parts of Saurashtra, including in Surendranagar and Rajkot, in the last two years.
ATS Deputy Superintendent of Police Harsh Upadhyay explained that they used to pay around ₹ 15,000 to ₹ 25,000 for each pistol, they would charge ₹ 40,000 to ₹ 1 lakh each from their customers.
An ATS team arrested Boria and Khachar, from Geeta Mandir area of the Ahmedabad city on May 3, said ATS Deputy Superintendent of Police Harsh Upadhyay.
After getting the details of their customers, the ATS teams grabbed 22 people from different parts of the state in 24 hours and recovered 50 pistols from their residence. In all, ATS has so far seized 54 illegal guns and arrested 24 persons.
“We recovered four country-made pistols from their possession. The duo admitted that they had purchased the guns from Madhya Pradesh and were going to deliver the guns to a Vadodara-based person. They admitted to have sold nearly 100 such pistols in the Saurashtra region in the last two years,” he said.
