Overview
- SMC officers moved on an alleged arms deal at Bilimora’s Mahadev Temple parking lot, where a brief exchange of fire left one suspect shot in the leg.
- Police say the accused fired first and an inspector shot back in self‑defence before the four were detained without further injury.
- Three country‑made pistols and live cartridges were seized, and an FIR was filed at the SMC police station in Gandhinagar under the Arms Act and for attempt to murder.
- The men were identified as Rishabh Ashok Sharma alias Ravan, Yashsingh Sundersingh, Manish Kaluram Kumawat and Madan Gopiram Kumawat.
- Investigators say the group met for an arms deal and allegedly discussed planned crimes in Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh; the injured suspect was treated and discharged, the four are to be produced before the Gandevi court, and a wider interstate probe is underway across Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.