UP MLA nabbed in illegal weapons case

Shivpuri, MP, May 22 (UNI) Legislator Ratanlal Ahirwar, who represents Babina in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, was today arrested in this district along with his two sons for being in possession of illegal weapons.

''Jhansi police supplied information that a jeep was heading here in suspicious circumstances. Vehicles were searched along the Shivpuri-Sheopur road. Mr Ahirwar was apprehended along with Rohit and Mohit for possessing three crude revolvers and about half-a-dozen cartridges,'' said Superintendent of Police R S Meena.

The trio were being proceeded against under the Arms Act. Mr Ahirwar was heading towards Kota in Rajasthan. A police team from Jhansi has reached here.

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