15 August,2023 08:43 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Mumbai Police have arrested two people with country-made guns and live cartridges, a police official said.
According to the Mumbai Police, the Mumbai Crime Branch officials of Unit 11 had on August 14 received a tip off regarding two suspicious persons reaching the Kandivali area. A team of crime branch officials formed a team and began to work on the tip off. The officials later laid a trap and detained the two suspects at Poisar Gymkhana Road in Kandivali area.
"Checks were conducted on the suspects and it led to a recovery of two country-made weapons (guns) and five live cartridges," a police official said.
The police said that investigations have revealed that the two suspects had procured the country-made weapons from Dhule district in Maharashtra. Both were later placed under arrest and they have been booked under relevant sections of the Arms Act. Further investigations in the matter are being done.
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Meanwhile, in another incident last week, Mumbai Crime Branch officials on Thursday said that while investigating a case of illegal weapon possession including pistol, live cartridges and sharp weapons, they have unearthed a rape case involving one of the two accused they had nabbed on Wednesday from D N Nagar area in Andheri.
According to the Mumbai Police, Mumbai Crime Branch's unit 9 officials had initially received a tip off regarding two suspects reaching D N Nagar area in Andheri west on Wednesday. The Mumbai Crime Branch officials accordingly laid a trap to nab the suspects and formed a special team to trace and locate the suspects.
The police said, the Mumbai Crime Branch unit 9 officials on August 9 found two suspects and detained them. Upon checking them, the officials found a country made gun, three live cartridges, three knives, one stainless steel pistol and 20 live cartridges of the pistol.
The police said that a case was registered against the two suspects at D N Nagar Police station under relevant sections of the IPC and under Arms Act. The two were later placed under arrest.
The official added during the investigations, the Mumbai Crime Branch officials found that one of the two suspects had been involved in an alleged rape case of a woman. A case was registered in connection with the sexual assault at Meghwadi police station in Mumbai. One of the suspects had allegedly threatened a woman and raped her. Further investigations in this matter are being done by the Meghwadi Police.
