15 fire-arms,16 live cartridges recovered in Rajkot city, 5 held

15 fire-arms,16 live cartridges recovered in Rajkot city, 5 held

Rajkot:

The Special Operation Group (SOG) has nabbed 5 people and recovered altogether 15 country-made fire-arms from them in Rajkot city of Gujarat,’ police said today.

A 35 year old man identified as Haresh Dhirubhai Khavdia resident of Jalila village in Botad district was nabbed by police during patrolling from Gondal road in the city late last night. 3 country-made pistols were recovered from him. On his information, 4 members of an illegal fire-arm selling gang and residents of Bhind district in Madhya Pradesh were also caught from some distance with around a dozen more country-made pistols and 16 live cartridges from some distance from where he was nabbed.

Further investigation in the matter was on.

DeshGujarat