The Mumbai Crime Branch Unit 9 arrested a gang member from Mirzapur who was supplying guns in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. The Crime Branch officers also recovered eight sophisticated pistols and 138 live cartridges from the accused and arrested two more people from the Navi Mumbai area.

Crime Branch sources told mid-day “This gang was only supplying weapons to people with criminal backgrounds, and their guns were used in many firing incidents across Maharashtra.” The main accused is Mitailal Gulab Chaudhari (53), a resident of Bhuij Khas Village in Chunar, Mirzapur.