Mumbai ATS says six arrested persons were planning to rob jeweller store

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 7 : The interrogation of the six people arrested by the Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Sunday revealed that they planned to rob a jewellery store in Mumbai.
According to sources, in the face of sustained grilling by the ATS sleuths, the accused revealed that they had planned to raid and rob a jewellery store in Mumbai and gathered in the city to carry out the heist.
The ATS identified the six arrested persons as Shahadat Hussain alias Kallu, Aslam Ali, Nadeem Mohammad, Rizwan Latif, Adil Khan and Naushad Shaikh.
"Over the last two days, the 6 accused persons had been staying at Ellora Guest House in the Borivali area. They had booked two rooms at the guest house. This morning, ATS raided the guest house and recovered 3 weapons --a single-barrel shotgun, a foreign-made pistol, and a locally-made pistol and 29 live cartridges from them," an ATS officer said.
The sleuths also recovered two knives, a nylon rope, and chilli powder from the rooms of the accused and also impounded a vehicle.
Further details are awaited.