JAIPUR: Jaipur rural police, in a joint operation, arrested 13 people and detained a minor for their alleged involvement in different cases of loots, firings, and murders on national highways.
SP Shankar Dutt Sharma said special teams of Virat Nagar, Shahpura, Manoharpura, Kotputli, and Dudu police stations were tasked to follow up on leads related to different offences and arrest the accused following an intensive operation.
Two pistols, one country-made gun (desi katta), and four cartridges were recovered during the raid.
Sharma said six accused were arrested for different cases of loots, murders, and firing in Manoharpur and Shahpura areas. They were identified as Mahesh Bhola (25), who looted Rs 1.7 lakh from a businessman in Shahpura, Puran Mal (28) held for firing and murder of a businessman in Manoharpur, and Mahesh Meena, Surendra Meena and Vikas Kumar were held for harbouring the accused of Manoharpur crime.
Similarly, Sita Ram (32), a resident of Virat Nagar, was held for aiding the Manoharpur conspiracy case.
Police said Manoj Meena (23) was beaten to death in the Bhojpura area under the Manoharpura police station on November 7 and the police arrested two main accused in the case identified as Papu Ram Gurjar (48) and Baldev Gurjar (60).
Sharma said during the raid, police arrested Abhishek Pahalwan (22) and seized an illegal firearm from him. The accused was sought by police for firing at a highway eatery in Kotputli.
The police also arrested two accused, identified as Mahesh Panihar (19) and Dinesh Patel (20), of Virat Nagar for opening fire at a 26-year-old youth on November 12.
Additional SP (Dudu) Tejpal Singh said Mozamabad police arrested a 21-year-old man and a 27-year-old girl for their alleged involvement in looting people on the highway.
