Rajkot: Rajkot police on Saturday busted a Madhya Pradesh-based gang that was smuggling country-made weapons into Gujarat. The Special Operation Group (SOG) nabbed five persons with 15 weapons and 16 cartridges from near Gondal chowkdi during wee hours of Saturday.Acting on specific information, police nabbed Haresh Devipujak of Botad with a country-made gun. During interrogation, he told police that he got the weapons from four persons from Madhya Pradesh.Police has chased the accused described by Devipujak and nabbed the four. The accused were identified as Raghvendrasinh Rajavat (35), Ajaysinh Rajavat (20), Vijaysinh Rajavat (22) and Rajeshsinh Rajavat (28). All four accused are residents of Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh. Police recovered seven country-made guns, one revolver, seven country-made pistols and 16 live cartridges. Police said that Devipujak, who is accused of murdering a youth in Bhavnagar, had come out of jail a year ago. He is allegedly involved in the supply of illegal weapons and had called the agents from MP to finalize a weapon deal.tnn

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