The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested nine more people from various cities in Saurashtra region and seized 18 illegal weapons and live ammunition in a raid on Friday.
The accused, aged 19 to 30, were apprehended in Botad, Surendranagar, and Rajkot.
The search was necessary after two of the accused, Devendra Boria of Sudamna village in Sayla taluka of Surendranagar and Champraj Khachar of Than in Surendranagar, were apprehended in Ahmedabad.
“While questioning Devendra and Champraj, the involvement of nine more accused who had purchased the illegal weapons came to light. They have been detained from different locations in Botad, Rajkot and Surendranagar. So far, we have arrested 37 people and seized over 78 weapons in this case,” said Harsh Upadhyay, deputy superintendent of police, ATS.
During questioning, the accused admitted to cops that they had previously purchased at least 100 weapons from Madhya Pradesh and delivered them to several people in the Saurashtra districts of Rajkot, Surendranagar, and Botad.
As a result of this information, a search operation was launched in various parts of the Saurashtra region.