A suspected member of fugitive gangster Nilesh Ghaywal's gang obtained a firearm licence and used it to purchase 400 rounds from an ammunition factory in Pune, prompting the police to launch a probe into it, an official said, reported news agency PTI.

The police arrested the gangster's aide, Ajay Saravade, on Monday for his alleged role in an incident that occurred in the Kothrud area of Maharashtra's Pune city a few months back, in which alleged members of the Ghaywal gang shot at a man, reported PTI.