Three Shakeel gangsters arrested

hyderabad:the police on friday arrested three alleged associates of underworld don chota shakeel and seized fire arms from their possession near bahadurpura in the city. the accused,amin yousuf khan (30) of mumbai, mohd ahmedullah (25) and abdul rafey mouzzam (20) both residents of azampura in the city, were arrested while they were going in a maruti car.one country made revolver with two live cartridges were seized from the possession of ahmedullah and a 'tapancha' with a live cartridge were seized from mouzam. according to police commissioner p ramulu, on oct. 26 last year,amin yousuf khan killed his wife in mumbai suspecting her fidelity and fled to dubai. he developed close contacts with one tareeq parveen, a close associate of chota shakeel. ahmedullah was a notorious criminal involved in several cases in the chaderghat police limits and facing trial in an attempt to murder case. he procured seven weapons on three occasions from kolkata through his contacts, ibrahim alias raju and jawed. the funds for procuring the weapons were provided by tareeq and amin, ramulu said. when he was negotiating for the fourth consignment of arms at kolkata, ahmedullah was caught along with jawed and a cash of rs 1.4 lakh and 20 live cartridges were recovered from them and a case under arms act was registered. mouzam alias obaid is an associate of ahmedullah and was assisting him in his alleged anti-social activities. he was regularly in touch with the people from mumbai involved in smuggling of weapons. ramulu said the arrested persons have been booked under arms act and further investigations were on to ascertain their motive for procuring the fire arms. amin khan will be handed over to a team from mumbai police which will arrive here on saturday in connection with the pending murder case against him.