pune the pune crime branch has arrested two weapon suppliers from nevasa in ahmednagar district and seized five pistols and 10 cartridges the accused ankush pandure and avinash khandagale both residents of nevasa were arrested following information given by a criminal on the police records sopan chorghe 27 of velhe who was arrested by the crime branch on november 25 the police had seized two firearms and four cartridges from chorghe which he had purchased from pandure and khandagale in all seven pistols and 14 cartridges worth rs 211 lakh have been seized so far chorghe and his 11 accomplices were involved in the murder of real estate agent sandip bandal in kothrud on february 7 2008 earlier this year the nevase police station in ahmednagar had registered a case against chorghe and his four accomplices after recovery of six pistols and cartridges chorghe was wanted since then on october 15 chorghe and his accomplices had fired at an employee of the khedshivapur toll plaza on the punebangalore highway chorghe was arrested on november 25 on a tipoff received by police constable tanaji kamble of the crime branch inspector balkrishna kutwal of the crime branch told toi that he had recovered two pistols and four cartridges from chorghe during interrogation chorghe revealed the names of pandure and khandagale we arrested them from nevasa and sized five more pistols and 10 cartridges kutwal said pandure and khandagale told the police that they had bought the pistols from a person in madhya pradesh the investigating team comprised assistant inspector ranjit bhoite police constables popat gaikwad subhash jadhav suresh manchekar baba karche shivraj chavan kanta bansude mangesh gaikwad and mayur shinde