The accused, identified as Kabal Singh (30), a resident of Badgaun under Kunhari police station, allegedly had been selling these under cover for around two years, DSP and CO Nayapura, Bhagwat Singh Hingad told the media on Tuesday.
Accused Kabal Singh
The accused was booked under sections of the Arms Act and interrogation with him is underway, wherein further revelations are likely on the source of the sharp knives of different varieties and the number of weapons he has sold in the past, he added.
Earlier, another accused identified as Kuldeep Meena of Sangod area of the district was arrested with a sharp knife by Nayapura police station, he said, adding that Meena, during the initial interrogation, disclosed that he had purchased the knife from a shop in front of the Gurudwara.
On this, a special team led by SHO, Kunhari police station Ganga Sahay Sharma carried out the operation at the makeshift shop on roadside, wherein the accused first attempted to flee with a bag containing 10 sharp knives, but the cops soon overpowered him, DSP Hingad said.
Notably, earlier in January this year, on the revelation of purchase of sharp weapons from shops in Pushkar in Ajmer by the accused, Kunhari police in coordination with local police, carried out raids and had arrested six persons while recovering a large number of sharp weapons of various kinds being sold under the cover of decorative items.
