AK 47s, Sten guns – slain gangster Nayeem’s weapon collection revealed
Three AK 47s, nine pistols, three revolvers, seven tapanchas, one SBBL 12 bore gun, one Sten gun and two hand grenades were just the tip of a large cache of firearms that were seized in raids on Nayeem’s residences
Hyderabad: More than four years after renegade Naxalite, alleged extortionist and gangster Nayeemuddin alias Nayeem fell to a hail of police bullets on the city outskirts, an RTI document has revealed his large collection of weapons that were seized by the police, apart from opening another can of worms over his alleged nexus with officials.
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Three AK 47s, nine pistols, three revolvers, seven tapanchas, one SBBL 12 bore gun, one Sten gun and two hand grenades were just the tip of a large cache of firearms that were seized in raids on Nayeem’s residences after the shootout at Shadnagar on August 8, 2016.
His collection of explosives included 10 gelatin sticks, five kilos of ammonium nitrate, around 10 metres of fuse wire and 30 detonators, while his ammunition stock included six magazines and 616 live rounds for various weapons. There was one bulletproof jacket as well.
The other seizures included over Rs.2 crore in cash, about 2 kilos of gold, a large quantity of silver, 21 four-wheelers, 26 motorcycles, 602 mobile phones, 752 land documents and 130 diaries. All these have since been in judicial custody.
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The RTI document came from the in-charge IG of the Special Investigation Team probing Nayeem’s death and related cases in reply to an application submitted by Forum for Good Governance secretary M. Padmanabha Reddy, who has now written a petition to Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan requesting a detailed enquiry into how Nayeem managed to procure 24 firearms and also into the land documents.
Reddy said when it was near impossible for a common man to get one gun license, it should be investigated whether Nayeem had licenses for his weapons and how he had managed to procure a license, if any, and how he could amass such a large number of firearms. Though Nayeem was dead, the ‘legacy’ that he left behind, including the 752 land documents, indicated how the police, politicians and the Revenue and Registration departments could violate the law at will, Reddy alleged.
He requested the governor to direct the Chief Secretary to order an enquiry into the nexus, and also to reveal the names of officials involved with Nayeem which Reddy said could be found from the diaries seized.
