ATS nabs fake arms licence racket accused from Ajmer

AJMER:A main accused in the fake arms licence racket, was on Sunday arrested by the Rajasthan anti-terrorism squad (ATS) officials in Ajmer.

The ATS arrested Ziauddin Khan, who was allegedly running a racket for arranging illegal arms licences from Jammu through a group of men at Punjab’s Abhohar.

The gang used to get licenses by using forged document with fake addresses and identity for “clients”, a top ATS official said.

“We have arrested Ziauddin Khan and have served notices to the family members of those who procured arms on forged licences, asking them to convince their kin to surrender before the ATS,” said ATS additional superintendent of police Bajrang Singh.

The arrest came after the ATS carried out raids at two different places in the city--kundan Nagar and near Anasagar Lake, Singh said. “The ATS has also served a notice to Sanjay Sharma, a leading city-based jeweller, asking him to surrender,” he said.

“The ATS officials handed over the notice to Sharma’s father, Rameshwar,” Singh said, adding that Sharma is an accused in the case and had procured a weapon on the basis of forged documents.

Ziauddin Khan is the son-inlaw of Usman Khan, a prime accused in the case who is absconding since the incident came to light in September 2017.

The racket was busted by the ATS after one of the top members of the gang, Zuber, Usman Khan’s son, fell into the ATS’ trap in 2017. Zuber was arrested while he was handing over a fake arms licence and weapons in lieu of more than ₹2 lakh to a decoy of the ATS.