Bengaluru, March 18 A 34-year-old man was arrested in Mandya for allegedly being involved in the illegal supply of firearms, police said on Wednesday.
Police claimed to have seized three locally made pistols, parts of a revolver, and two live rounds from Irfan, a civil engineer from Bhopal, during his arrest.
He was allegedly running an illegal gun supply operation alongside his professional work, police said.
A case was registered on February 25 under the Arms Act at the Economic Offences Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB), police said.
During the investigation, police apprehended two individuals, Javed Alam (19) and Syed Masood (26), from Siddapura in Bengaluru, and seized a .32 mm locally made pistol and 50 live rounds from their possession, a senior police officer said.
They revealed that Irfan had illegally supplied weapons to them from Mandya.
Continuing the investigation, the CCB's Economic Offences Wing police traced and apprehended the accused on March 12 at his residence in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, the officer said.
During interrogation, Irfan confessed to illegally supplying pistols and live ammunition. Based on his confession, three locally made pistols, parts of a revolver, and two live rounds were seized from his residence, he said.
City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh told reporters here that further investigation is underway to trace Irfan's source and identify other members of the interstate arms network.
The accused was produced before the jurisdictional court on March 13 and was taken into police custody for 11 days. Further investigation is in progress.
