Ahmedabad, Feb 05: Preliminary interrogation of Arif Mohammed Sheikh, held in connection with the seizure of a US made rocket launcher and 13 shells at Bhavnagar town of Gujarat yesterday has revealed involvement of a Congress corporator, police claimed today. Bhavnagar District Superintendent of Police A S Gehlot told a news agency that Bashir Dharar, the Congress corporator, was known to be involved in several criminal offences in the region. "Arif confessed that it was dharar who gave him the weapon and the shells about five months ago. Dharar is undergoing imprisonment for the past two months after being arrested under Pasa," said Gehlot.
Gehlot said that officials of the forensic science laboratory have identified the weapon as a "powerful one" and it is under police custody. Arif would be produced before the judicial magistrate to seek police remand for further interrogation, he added.

Bureau Report