Muzaffarnagar Police Say Illegal Arms Gang Busted, Three Arrested

According to police, the arrests were made after a checking operation near the Kali River bridge on the Niyazupura-Charthawal Road. The police said Kotwali Nagar police were checking suspicious vehicles on 30 September 2026 when they received information from an informer about the buying and selling of illegal weapons.

Acting on the information, the police reached the spot and surrounded three suspects sitting in a car. During the search, a large quantity of illegal weapons was recovered from their possession.

Police said the recovered items include 4 pistols of .32 bore, 6 country-made pistols of .315 bore, one country-made pistol of 12 bore, 6 empty magazines, a Maruti Suzuki Fronx car allegedly used in arms trafficking, and a bike.

The arrested accused have been identified as Nitesh Saini, resident of Sardhana in Meerut, Sameer, resident of Hapur, and Umang alias Deva Chauhan, resident of Daurala in Meerut.

In the initial questioning, according to police, Sameer and Umang were involved in supplying illegal weapons. Police said they used to buy weapons from a person based in Meerut and supply them to different places as per demand. Nitesh, according to police, had reached the spot to buy weapons.

Police also recovered Rs 4,000 in cash and two mobile phones from the possession of the accused.

A case has been registered at Kotwali Nagar police station under the relevant sections of the Arms Act. Police said further legal action is being taken in the matter.

The police are also checking the criminal history of the accused and investigating the wider network through which the weapons were being supplied.

A byte in the matter was attributed to Sanjay Kumar Verma, SSP Muzaffarnagar. The report was filed by Anmol Kumar from Muzaffarnagar, with the contact number 7078215007 mentioned in the source material.