Thane conduit supplied 1,000 cartridges to Bikru gangster

LUCKNOW: Slain

gangster Vikas Dubey

’s aide Arvind Tripathi alias Guddan, arrested from Thane by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), has admitted to supplying 1,000 cartridges to the don in over six months. Guddan also told interrogators he spoke to Vikas hours before the ganglord and his men murdered 8 policemen in

Bikru village

.

Police, meanwhile, said there were 18

licensed guns

in Bikru village and firearms of 14 residents are being examined to confirm if they were used in the attack. Police procured call detail records of Guddan and Dubey an hour before the ambush in Bikru .

“Guddan has three gun licences, of which two are registered in his name and one in the name of his wife Kanchan, who is gram pradhan of Kudhwa village,” said a senior police officer, monitoring the investigation. Police officials found 1,000 cartridges were procured from two gun houses in Kanpur in a span of six months in violation of rules.

As per Arms Act rules, only 100 cartridges can be procured in a year for rifles and 25 for revolvers, across India. Additional superintendent of police, rural, Brajesh Srivastava said, “We are probing the number of cartridges procured by Guddan in last six months. Two owners of gun houses are under scanner. All three weapons of Guddan have been seized, sealed and sent for forensic examination.”

We also have some electronic evidence of Guddan’s involvement, but more proofs is being collected, he added.

Bilhaur

circle officer Santosh Singh told TOI, “There are 18 villagers in Bikru who have gun licences.”