Overview
- Two STF Indore teams acting on intelligence set up a blockade in the Padamnagar police station area on the Indore–Khandwa Road and intercepted suspects.
- Five illegal pistols with magazines were recovered during a lawful search, and the accused failed to produce valid arms licences.
- The arrested men were identified as residents of a village under Bhikangaon police station in Khargone district.
- One additional suspect escaped during the operation, and a search is underway to trace him.
- A case has been registered under the Arms Act and BNS 2023 as the STF probes the source of the firearms and a suspected organised supply network.