MP men held with country-made guns in Savli

Vadodara: Two persons carrying country-made guns and live cartridges from Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh were arrested in Savli on Friday.
Police said that they had received information about the duo possessing firearms will be crossing Khakharia railway crossing in Savli on a bike with MP registration. Based on the information, cops kept vigil and nabbed the accused identified as Amit Rathwa and Sohan Bhilala from the crossing. According to police, the duo even attempted to fight back.
On frisking Rathwa, police found a gun and five cartridges from him. Later another gun and four cartridges were found from Bhilala. The two accused told police that they had come from Alirajpur to sell the weapons to an unidentified buyer in Tarapur.
“They do not know the name of the buyer but have shared his contact number so we are searching for the buyer on the basis of the contact number,” said a police official.