The Surat Police seized three nation made revolvers value Rs 1.5 lakh and arrested a person, whose father had died within the 1993 Mumbai share market bomb blast, on Friday evening. The police claimed that the accused had been in possession of the firearms since his father’s demise round 31 years in the past.
Appearing on a tip-off, sleuths of the Particular Operation Group (SOG) raided a flat on the Ambika house within the Dumbhal space of Limbayat in Surat on Friday evening. Throughout the search, the three firearms have been discovered wrapped in a material bag hidden in a trunk within the kitchen.
When questioned, the home proprietor, Mehul Nareshchandra Thakker, 51, failed to present correct paperwork or produce a firearm license following which, he was arrested below the Arms Act and dropped at the police station for additional questioning.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Surat SOG police inspector H R Chaudhary mentioned, “After preliminary questioning, Thakker disclosed that earlier they used to stay within the Virar space of Mumbai and his father Nareshchandra labored in a agency within the share market workplace constructing.”
He added, “In 1993, Dawood Ibrahim and his males had carried out a bomb blast within the share market constructing through which his father died. Later, communal riots broke out within the space. Thakker mentioned that he was round 20 years outdated and in the future, whereas he was returning to his house after some work, he discovered a material bag with one thing mendacity inside it. To his shock, when he opened the bag, he discovered three nation made revolvers. He introduced it house and hid it with out disclosing it to anyone.” The police haven’t recovered any cartridge.
The police mentioned Thakker shifted from Mumbai to Surat and began staying within the Dumbhal space of Limbayat and began driving an auto-rickshaw to earn a residing.
Chaudhary mentioned, “We’ve got contacted the Mumbai crime department and try to get the checklist of names of those that had died within the share market bomb blast. Thakker doesn’t have any legal background in Surat. We’ve got additionally sought particulars from Mumbai crime department to know whether or not any legal case has been registered towards him.”
Chaudhary additional mentioned, “The true purpose for protecting the firearms can be learnt through the police remand interval.”