A hardcore criminal and habitual offender was nabbed by Bhopalpura police on Monday with 2 country made pistols and 5 live bullets. Cops also seized a car from his custody marked with the name of a political party.

Accused identified as Chetan Meena of Kotra, was arrested by the Bhopalpura police in a joint operation with the team of Special Task Force. On Monday morning the station police got the tipoff that a man was roaming in the Krishnapura area in a car with fire weapons in his custody.

With the assistance of jawans of STF, a raid was conducted and the police rounded up the accused that was found with 2 country-made pistols and 5 live bullets. The weapons and the car were seized and the accused was booked under various sections of ARMS ACT.

The Station House Officer of Bhopalpura Police Station Chandmal Sangaria informed that during the initial investigation it was found that the car seized had the marking of a political party where it was also found that the accused is brother of Sarpanch of Kotra Panchayat.

The car also had a banner on its back titled ‘Zila Parishad Member’ written on it. The police are attempting to get the clue about the relation between the car and the accused.

Chandmal also added that the accused Chetan is a hardcore criminal and is having more than 7 cases of ARMS ACT and few other criminal cases booked on his name at various police stations of Udaipur as well as Gujarat.

Police is now interrogating Chetan about the cost of the weapons and the motive of keeping them in his custody. Police is also trying to collect the information about the person from whom Chetan has brought the weapon, Chandmal informed.