Nagpur: The recovery of four illegal firearms by Sakkardara police seems to suggest that their source may be the dreaded underworld of Uttar Pradesh. Shaikh Nadeem, arrested by Sakkardara police, has named a UP-based arms supplier from whom he had received the country-made revolvers and pistols.
Senior inspector Satyavan Mane of Sakkardara police said Nadeem was arrested following custodial interrogation of Shaikh Shakir who had shot dead one Umesh Dhoble over financial dispute last week. The gun used by Shakir was provided to him five months ago by Nadeem. It was also recovered by Sakkardara police during the course of investigation into the murder case under supervision of Zonal DCP Akshay Shinde.
After recovering the gun, Sakkardara police team of PI Mane and sub-inspector Santosh Ingley nabbed Nadeem at NIT market at Ashirwad Nagar on November 21. Two guns were recovered from Nadeem, who has seven offences against him including one of Arms Act. During police custody remand, the police recovered yet another gun from Nadeem.
Mane said Nadeem is claiming to have received the guns from a UP supplier. “The person named by Nadeem is a dreaded arms dealer having links with many other suppliers in city. He is shrewd and keeps on changing cellphone. City police have information of his activities for the last couple of years,” said Mane.