ARMS DEALER WITH FIRE ARMS ARRESTED

Ara, 17 March 2023, (RNI): Bhojpur police arrested mastermind of arms dealer gang from an area under Shahpur police station in Bhojpur district and seized one country made pistol, live cartridges and blank cartridge from his possession though he destroyed liquor as he got information of police raid. The arrested arms dealer was identified as Pujan Chaudhary son of Mahesh Chaudhary of Ranisagar under Shahpur police station. A named FIR was lodged with the police under Shahpur police station under Arms Act. Later the police sent him to jail after interrogation.

Bhojpur SP Pramod Kumar Yadav, talking to media persons at Jagdishpur police station said that he got information that Pujan Chaudhary was dealing in country made from his house at Ranisagar under Shahpur police station. He has also kept illegal arms in his house. The SP formed a police team under the SDPO, Jagdishpur Rajiv Chandra Singh. The police team conducted raid and seized a country made pistol, live cartridges and blank cartridges from his possession though he destroyed the liquor as soon as he got information of police raid.

The SP further said that Pujan Chaudhary dealt in country made liquor and is mastermind of local country made liquor gang. He kept arms for supremacy in the area and also to unleash reign of terror. The SP stated that at least two cases under the New Excise Act were pending against him in the Shahpur police station in and he was charge sheeted in two cases.