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A minor along with his 20-year-old accomplice have been nabbed by the Pune city police for the alleged illegal possession of four sharp weapons at his residence in Gondhale Nagar, with the consent of his mother.
As per officials the minor has been detained and his mother(35) along with the accomplice who has been identified as Vishwajeet alias Yash Ramchandra More have been arrested.
The arrests followed a combing operation carried out in Hadapsar area between 11 pm of August 8 and 2 am of August 9 where police teams checked multiple history sheeters and suspicious persons during the operations. Cops nabbed the minor and his aide More as they were found moving suspiciously.
A first information report (FIR) was lodged against the three accused persons at the Hadapsar police station under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) section 3(5) and sections of the Indian Arms Act on Saturday.
During the investigation four sharp weapons were recovered from the minor’s house. Senior police inspector Sanjay Mogale said, “The minor had kept the weapons at his residence with the consent of his mother. So the mother has been made an accused in this case.”
However, police confirmed that there was no previous criminal record of the minor and his accomplice. A probe is on to know why the accused persons were in possession of the weapons.
