3 arms smugglers arrested

Jhansi: Police on Saturday arrested three individuals including two siblings allegedly involved in arms smuggling along with a huge cache of firearms, ammunitions, knives, cash and jewellery.According to police, the three accused were caught while they were waiting for a customer at an isolated place near a school in Sipri Bazar area. The accused have been identified as Sant Dayanand Maharaj alias Bobby (26), his brother Vivek Chauhan (21) along with their landlord Mukesh Srivas (53).Police have recovered three 12 bore handguns, two 315 bore handguns, one 32 bore revolver, one pistol, around 120 live and empty cartridges, five Rampuri knives, jewellery and Rs 2.87 lakh cash from the possession of the accused. All the accused have been booked under section 3, 4, 7, 25, 27 of the arms act at Sipri Bazar police station and have been sent to judicial remand.As per SP City, Preeti Singh, the accused have been involved in arms supply for quite some time. “We are investigating the back channel from where they procured the arms as well as their customers including the one whom they were to handover the consignment at the time they were arrested," Singh said.