During interrogation, the police learned that the gun was stolen from a Hyderabad police officer in 2010, who is now retired from service. The two accused identified as Naeem Abdul Ansari (25), and Aftab Aziz Ansar (40),are residents of Wagholi, but hail from Uttar Pradesh.u00a0

“We received information that Naeem had planned to sell the firearm to a buyer near the Sangamwadi Bridge on January 5, and laid a trap and arrested him. During questioning, he revealed his accomplice Aftab’s name,” said Satish Gowekar, police inspector of the ADC. “After sustained interrogations, Aftab said that he had gone to Hyderabad and while travelling on a bus, he had stolen a bag of a fellow passenger, which had a revolver inside.